The three-tiered system will raise minimum wage in Portland to $14.75,smaller cities to $13.50 and rural areas to $12.50 over a six-year periodOregon’s governor on Wednesday signed trailblazing legislation that will raise the minimum wage to nearly $15 in six years, and finish so through a three-tiered system that has not been tried anywhere else in the country.“I’m proud to sign into law my top precedence of the 2016 Legislative session – raising the minimum wage, and ” Governor Kate Brown said in a statement. She said the current law “is a path forward – so working families can catch up,and businesses have time to plan for the increase”.
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Source: theguardian.com