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Video: Seattle to raise minimum wage to over $20/hour in 2025

Dec 31, 2024, 3:36 PM | Updated: 4:28 pm

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The new year will come with extra money as Seattle’s minimum wage rises in 2025. Mike Lewis, who is also a business owner in Seattle, joined Angela Poe Russell on The Gee & Ursula Show to discuss the logic behind the higher wages and why tipping culture has shifted in the past few years.

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