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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Airport workers in suburban Seattle take on living wage debate at the ballot box

Updated: November 5 2013,
Author: barrel fan
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SeaTac, Wash., is aptly named after the airport located there. The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the city’s largest employer and could soon be boosting their minimum wage for employees to $15 per hour. Paul Solman reports on the debate surrounding the nation’s latest living wage initiative, SeaTac’s Proposition 1.