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The Governor of California Mr. Jerry Brown has announced plans to increase the minimum wage in California to $15 an hour. The present minimum is $10 an hour. The increase will be phased out in a five years period by 2022 . The decision came after the recent labor union movements demanding higher wages for the low paid workers. The new minimum wage would make California a state with the highest minimum wage as against the Fed minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour. The move will lead to wage increase for five million low paid workers in California.
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