Washington D.C. will have a $15 wage floor by 2020
By Dave Jamieson
Huffington Post, June 27, 2016
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed legislation Monday that will gradually hike the city’s minimum wage to $15 ... At a signing ceremony at a D.C. pizzeria [&pizza], Bowser argued that cities should lead the way in raising the minimum wage, just as they have in recent years. ...
Liam Patrick, the company’s CFO, told HuffPost that &pizza, which has 15 locations in the area, campaigned for $15 because it already paid above minimum wage, and managers felt they could stand to pay more. ... “Your employees really fuel the growth of the brand and not everybody sees it that way,” Patrick said. “We think that over the long term, you will grow and you will build your restaurant through your employees. Paying them the bare minimum doesn’t cut it.”