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living wage
Raise wrangling
About 140 city employees make less than a living wage. More on that issue, and how Council’s now considering a raise Above: the job description for a U.S. Cellular Center worker in “specialized unskilled work.” The job, like many others at the center, pays below a living wage. Just over
When the city doesn’t pay a living wage
For years, city government has claimed to pay a living wage. But there’s a big exception that leaves some city workers makingĀ far less Above: Lauren Bacchus, in front of the U.S. Cellular Center box office where she worked. Along with 139 other city employees, Bacchus did not make a living