Workers plan to seek statewide $15 an hour minimum wage

STATE HOUSE – The minimum wage in Massachusetts is set to rise one dollar to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, but low-wage workers are poised to press for passage in 2017 of legislation boosting the wage floor to $15 an hour. Workers and labor union officials packed Great Hall Tuesday where organizers told the News Service they plan to seek a $15 an hour statewide minimum wage during the 2017-2018 session. Bills calling for a $15 wage floor for airport workers and big box retail store employees failed

STATE HOUSE – The minimum wage in Massachusetts is set to rise one dollar to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, but low-wage workers are poised to press for passage in 2017 of legislation boosting the wage floor to $15 an hour. Workers and labor union officials packed Great Hall Tuesday where organizers told the News Service they plan to seek a $15 an hour statewide minimum wage during the 2017-2018 session. Bills calling for a $15 wage floor for airport workers and big box retail store employees failed th…