Panel Recommends $15 Minimum Wage For Fast-Food Workers

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A panel appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo has recommended the minimum wage for fast food workers be raised to $15 an hour on Wednesday.

A state board recommended a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour for all fast food workers.
Photo Credit: *McDonald's*

Joe Jenkins

07/22/2015 5:30 p.m.

The new wage would mean a pay increase of more than 70 percent for many fast food workers, who are currently earning the state minimum of $8.75 an hour.

The pay increase would first take place in New York City by 2018, then be implemented throughout the state by 2021, The New York Times reported.

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