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Costco backs minimum wage hike in New York (with text)

Thursday May 24, 2012 4:01 PM By Ted Phillips

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Wholesale retailer Costco joined 176 other businesses and organizations Thursday to call for New York to raise its minimum wage.

“The $8.50 proposal is something that would be very fair for all businesses big and small,” Costco senior vice president and northeastern region general manager Jeff Long said during a conference call. “Since the inception of the company we’ve always believed paying...

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