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California law currently imposes a minimum wage of $6.75 per hour, which is $1.60 above the federal level.(Brief article)
* California law currently imposes a minimum wage of $6.75 per hour, which is $1.60 above the federal level. It would seem that the Golden State hardly needs to increase this amount, especially as the state's economy has to compete for jobs with its neighbors--and that's why Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed legislation to boost the minimum wage even further. But in his state-of-the-state address on January 5, Schwarzenegger said "hasta la vista" to his pro-business stance and called for a hike of $1 per hour. "I've learned my lesson," he said, in a speech that abandoned his budget-reform efforts and surrendered on issue after issue to the demands of Sacramento ...
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