L.A. City Council supports raising minimum wage to 15$ an hour by 2020

Source: Los Angeles times/ NewselaDate: 5.21.15By: Caleb Benton

Fact and Opinion

✤ fact:Lawmakers agreed to raise the minimum wage to 15$an hour

✤ opinion: One councilman believes that the raise in the wage will create a disadvantage to other neighboring cities with their poverty.

✤ Fact: On a vote 14-1 the council begin on the long road to raise minimum wage.

✤ Hotel workers wage plans to be 15.37$ an hour

Who,When,Where,How

✤ Who:the angelenos with the problem of low pay.

✤ When: May 21, 2015.It deals with the poverty in L.A.

✤ Where:Los Angeles, California, USA

✤ How: it’s important because it helps low -payed workers with every day life.

PREDICT

✤ I predict that if the L.A. city council changes the minimum wage for low-payed and hotel workers. The workers will be filled with joy .Though, there maybe contest with other cities in California.

Question and Answer

✤ Q: Why do you think the L.A. city council decided to raise the minimum wage pay?

✤ A. The L.A. city council raised the minimum wage because they heard the first-hand accounts of low payed workers. They heard the frequently troubling lifestyle.