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Taking (Back) the Initiative
Sarasohn, David | June 18, 2001 issue

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The Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI) sounds like a typical think tank, of any political persuasion. Their job is to develop populist majoritarian policy and push that policy forward into the public eye. Because of that attitude, Washington is now the first state in the country with a minimum wage adjusted for inflation. From another EOI innovation, the state has a program to develop a childcare career ladder, to provide some professional respect and better pay for a generally minimum-wage work force that has major responsibilities and huge turnover.

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POLITICAL planning; MINIMUM wage; CHILD care; INFLATION (Finance); LABOR; WASHINGTON (State); UNITED States
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