And in California, legislators have agreed to raise the state minimum wage to eight dollars an hour by January 2008. Workers will get a 75-cent increase Jan. 1 and an additional 50 cents on Jan. 1, 2008. The pay hike will affect more than one million Californians who earn the current minimum wage, six dollars and seventy five cents an hour.
California Minimum Wage to Increase to $8/Hour
HeadlineAug 22, 2006