Organized labor won an important victory Tuesday when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to increase the minimum wage to $15, but it now faces a more daunting political challenge: convincing other local governments to join the movement.
The widely anticipated move by the nation’s largest local government applies to unincorporated areas and hundreds of thousands of employees, mirroring a similar action by the city of Los Angeles. Within a few years, more than half of the countywide workforce will be guaranteed a base income more than 60% higher than the current state-mandated $9 an hour.
Santa Monica and West Hollywood are considering their own wage hikes. But many other local cities — including economic powerhouses Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Clarita, Torrance and Long Beach — have yet to decide whether to boost wages.
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