PBS NewsHour

Court overturns minimum wage exclusion for SeaTac workers

Clip: 08/27/2015 | 8m 46s

In SeaTac, Washington, home of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, citizens voted in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But airport businesses challenged the law in court, excluding 5,000 or so workers from receiving the increased benefits. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the employees. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

Aired: 08/27/15

Rating: NR

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