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Broad wage hike better.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-JUL-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Broad wage hike better.(Editorials)(Targeting some employers is poor policy)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

If the aim is to stick a thumb in Wal-Mart's eye, Chicago has succeeded admirably. If the goal is to increase workers' wages, the city has taken only a small step, and that marginal advance came at the expense of fairness. The lowest-paid workers in Chicago and the rest of the country deserve a raise - through a general increase in the minimum wage, not through selective mandates.

On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance requiring "big box"...

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