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Marsha Basloe, President, Child Care Services Association and
Kimberlee Belcher, PhD, Executive Director, The National Workforce Registry Alliance

In September 2014, Seattle made history by passing a minimum wage increase that would require all employers to pay their workers $15.00 per hour or greater by 2021. Because Seattle was the first city in the country to pass such a large increase, extensive research has looked into its implementation and its impacts on the local economy.

Read the jointly released blog here.