 Massachusetts and Washington have the new

minimum wages in the country, of $ 11

dollars per hour.
 One news to celebrate in this 2017 is that
workers in 19 states of the United States will
have more money in their pockets.

 The increase in the minimum wage officially

comes into effect after months of struggle in
California and 17 other states.
 Massachusetts and Washington will have the
new highest minimum wages in the country,
at $ 11 per hour. California will increase it to
$ 10.50 per hour for companies with 26 or
more employees.

 New York is adopting it regionally, it will go

up to $ 11 per hour in New York City, $ 10 in
the suburbs in the south of the state and $
9.70 in the rest of the state.
 Los votantes de Arizona, Maine, Colorado y
Washington aprobaron aumentos en la
elección de este año. Otros siete estados,
Alaska, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New
Jersey, Ohio y South Dakota están
aumentando sus salarios automáticamente en
base a ajustes de inflación y costo de vida.
Los otros estados donde también habrá
aumentos de salarios son Arkansas,
Connecticut, Hawaii, Michigan y Vermont.
 Those in favor say that these increases will
boost the economy and offer a more dignified
life to workers with fewer resources

there are people who are in favor, they say
that these increases will boost the economy
and offer a more dignified life to workers with
fewer resources
 On the other hand, there are those who claim
that a very high minimum wage would
destroy employment, raising investment in
equipment that would automate the
operation of business, and encourage the
company to move to states or countries with
lower wages.

Small businesses would be the hardest hit
with the minimum wage increase at $ 15 per
hour. The owners affirm that they would have
to increase labor productivity by dismissing
staff or closing their doors due to the
decrease in profitability of the business
 In my opinion the salary increase brings
benefits to the workers as it improves their
quality of life and that of their families but
there must be a limit because if it increases
too much it would force companies to hire
robots since it would be cheaper to hire
young employees
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