Raising Albuquerque’s Minimum Wage: A Misguided Anti-Poverty Measure at Best, A Cruel Impediment to Work at Worst

The AFL-CIO sponsored group Working America has turned in petitions to increase Albuquerque’s mandated minimum wage from the current $7.50 an hour to $8.50, indexing the wage to rise with inflation in the years to follow. Soon, we will find out whether voters will be asked to decide whether to increase the wage or not.