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Wage War

Despite a setback, momentum for a living wage increases

By Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

Santa Monica, California—Business groups from across the country poured nearly $1.5 million into a war chest to oppose Santa Monica’s living wage law, resulting on November 5 in a temporary setback for the national movement to lift the working poor out of poverty. Despite the defeat in Santa Monica—losing by 750 votes out of 26,000 cast (a 51 percent to 49… return to article

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