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Younger workers benefit most from minimum wage hike
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Colorado workers between the ages of 20 and 25 are the largest group who will see their paychecks go up Sunday, when Amendment 70’s minimum wage hike takes effect. According to the Bell Policy Center, 79 percent fall into the youngest age range, with lower percentages as age increases. Women will benefit more than men,…
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Endorsements not sought, but given, for Amendment 70
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Getting endorsements from elected officials is not something either supporters or opponents of Amendment 70, which would raise Colorado’s minimum wage, have been working to get, according to campaign organizers. Instead, both camps are 100 percent focused on gathering voters’ support for their side of the ballot question. But that hasn’t stopped some elected officials from…
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Dueling studies address Colorado wage hike amendment
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Economic Armageddon or living wage nirvana? That’s what Colorado voters may wonder as they read and hear what different studies say about the possible aftermath of passage of Amendment 70 on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. If approved, the measure would gradually increase the state’s minimum wage from $8.31 to $12 an hour by…
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Politicians, business owners debate: Is Initiative 101 friend or foe of franchise model?
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Robert Cresanti, president and CEO of the International Franchise Association, calls the nationwide push for mandated minimum wages such as Colorado’s Initiative 101 an existential threat to the uniquely American and highly successful business model of franchising. “There’s the extremely corrosive, challenging and destructive business environment stuff, which falls into the $15 minimum wage [movement],…
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Campaign launch to hike Colorado minimum wage sees good turn out, high energy
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Supporters of a statewide ballot initiative to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour enjoyed an energetic formal launch on Wednesday in Denver. They’ll have to keep stoking and feeding off of the same grassroots energy if they hope to overcome stiff resistance from big-money business groups in the state. “There’s a lot of…
