Why 15? The Kansas City Minimum Wage Increase

As Kansas City debates raising the minimum wage, this week’s Heartland Labor Forum asks the question: by how much? Should it go to $15 by 2020? We’ll get the views from UMKC economist Peter Eaton, Jobs with Justice’s Justin Stein, a fast food worker and some arguments from the opposition. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am.


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