Court overturns minimum wage exclusion for SeaTac workers
Clip: 8/27/2015 | 8m 46s
Court gives SeaTac workers a raise after $15 minimum wage exclusion
In SeaTac, Washington, home of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, citizens voted in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But airport businesses challenged the law in court, excluding 5,000 or so workers from receiving the increased benefits. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the employees. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
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Court overturns minimum wage exclusion for SeaTac workers
Clip: 8/27/2015 | 8m 46s
In SeaTac, Washington, home of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, citizens voted in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But airport businesses challenged the law in court, excluding 5,000 or so workers from receiving the increased benefits. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the employees. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
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