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$15 Now Tacoma
Why Tacoma Needs a $15/hour Minimum Wage
Back in 2014, the ORIGINAL 15 Now Tacoma website published a post titled Why Tacoma Needs a $15/hour Minimum Wage. The reasons that post gave for raising the minimum wage are still largely valid, and you might want to check it out after you’ve read this article..
Here are some more recent data:
In 2017, the official poverty rate in Tacoma was 17%, not much changed from 2014. And according to the City of Tacoma’s 2016 Community Needs Assessment Report, 26% of Tacoma’s children still live in poverty.