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Special: Stakeholders, Listeners Discuss Minimum Wage

caption: Demonstrators in Seattle formed a human chain around City Hall in support of a $15 minimum wage in April.
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Demonstrators in Seattle formed a human chain around City Hall in support of a $15 minimum wage in April.
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Steve Scher sits down with three stakeholders in the minimum wage debate: James Parker, a volunteer for the organization 15Now, who currently makes $12 an hour; Howard Wright, co-founder of the Seattle Hospitality Group and co-chair of the mayor's Income Inequality Advisory Committee; and Judith Gille, founder and co-owner of City People's Mercantile and Garden Store.

Scher asks his panelists to discuss how we got to this point, the mayor's proposal to reach a $15 minimum wage and how that wage would impact their lives. We also take your calls.

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