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Minimum
wage hike
a threat?
Business owners say $15
an hour would be hardship
ROCK ROLLS
ASBURY PARK MUSIC IN FILM FESTIVAL
Colin Hay watched the documentary about his life by filmmaker Nate Gotham, answered questions from the audience with Gotham and
performed several acoustic numbers at the House of Independents as part of the Asbury Park Music in Film Festival on Saturday.
Just getting by
By the groups estimation, the hourly
wage needed for a single adult full-time
worker to afford basic needs in New
Jersey is at least $13.78, or $28,662 a
year more than one and a half times
higher than the current minimum
wage.
If enacted, a $15 minimum would
boost take-home pay for one in three
workers, including 724,000 who earn
less than $11.05 an hour, according to
NJPP. About 87 percent of those workers are adults aged 20 years and older;
more than half (56 percent) work fulltime; and nearly half (44 percent) attended or graduated from college.
About 1 in 4 are parents raising about
288,000 children.
I think the one thing we know is that
Shelli Sonstein and Josh Braun address the audience during the Business of
Music and Film panel discussion at the Wonder Bar.
SUNDAY BEST
Writing
for Rihanna
Meet the Shore musician who wrote a song featured
on singers new album. STORY, 1E
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