Hello Flagstaff and welcome, 2018! There are a couple things in store for this New Year that I’d like to take a moment to address. As many of you know, the minimum wage went up with the beginning of the year across Arizona to $10.50, and in Flagstaff, it climbed to $11. This is a result of voters here in town passing Proposition 414 at the same time as statewide voters passed Proposition 206. Last January, the Council took steps to reconcile the two minimum wage bills in a way that respected … [Read more...] about Addressing Minimum Wage in the New Year
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Waging Concerns
On July 1, the state of Arizona raised the hourly minimum wage rate from $8.05 to $10. In Flagstaff, the voters elected to implement a minimum wage significantly higher than the new state-mandated minimum wage. The vote and outcomes caused a tsunami wave of confusion, fear, excitement, emotion and arguments as Flagstaff’s new wage of $12 per hour was supposed to take effect on July 1, and continue to increase to $15 per hour by 2021. After much debate and an extraordinary amount of input from … [Read more...] about Waging Concerns