Minimum wage marchers reach Seattle.

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  • Minimum wage marchers reach Seattle.

Yup, it’s cold outside, but that has not stopped dozens of people from marching 15 miles from SeaTac to Seattle in support of a $15 an hour minimum wage. The marchers just recently reached Seattle city limits, where they were met with the following greeting:

Meanwhile Seattle City Council member Jean Godden took to Twitter to remind voters that in addition to all its other benefits, “raising the minimum wage will help narrow the gender pay gap.” Because a majority of minimum wage workers are women. (And disproportionately people of color, too.)