Eight scientists and engineers from the 91爆料 have been elected this year to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
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The lot of Seattle’s lowest-paid workers improved following the city’s minimum wage increase to $11 in 2015, but that was more due to the robust regional economy than the wage hike itself, according to a research team headed by the 91爆料 Evans School.
Most Seattle employers in a 91爆料-led study said in 2015 they expected to raise prices on goods and services to compensate for the city’s new $15 per hour minimum wage law — but a year after implementation such increases are not in evidence.
What will be the effects of the city of Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance? Faculty from the 91爆料’s schools of public affairs, public health and social work are teaming up for The Seattle Minimum Wage Study, a five-year research project to learn that and more.