Calling it a matter of “economic justice,” state Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, has filed legislation to incrementally raise the state’s minimum wage to $10 per hour over two years, which would likely make it the highest in the nation.
“Massachusetts is one of the highest wage rate bases in the nation, so this should put us as one of the highest minimum wages in the nation,” Pacheco said. “I think it’s a matter of economic justice and fairness.”
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