Shumlin signs VT minimum wage increase law

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IDDLESEX – — Vermont's minimum wage is going to be going up.

On Monday, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law a bill that will increase the state's minimum wage in stages to $10.50 an hour by 2018.

Shumlin signed the law Monday at the Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex.

He says Vermont is one of a number of states that recognizes that working people cannot support families on the minimum wage.

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Gov. Peter Shumlin assembled legislative supporters and the owners of Red Hen Bakery and Café in Middlesex to see him sign a bill that raises the minimum wage every January to reach $10.50 an hour in 2018.(Photo: NANCY REMSEN / FREE PRESS)


Vermont's minimum wage is currently $8.73 an hour.

The new law calls for increasing the minimum to $9.60 in 2016, $10 in 2017 and $10.50 in 2018.

The bill also calls for annual raises in the wage — tied to inflation — starting in 2019.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...6/09/shumlin-signs-minimum-wage-law/10233325/
 

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aww that explain why I felt the world ending a little bit when I woke up this morning:ohhh:
 
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