The Michigan Senate Tuesday passed a bill 19-16 that would raise the minimum wage $1.80 an hour. Minimum-wage workers would get a raise from $5.15 to $6.95, by increasing the current minimum wage of $6.50 to $6.75 this October and then to $7 in October of 2007.
The state's minimum wage has not been increased in nine years. Business groups have lobbied against the increase, saying it could hurt the state's job market without helping large numbers of wage earners.
The House next week will likely approve Senate-passed plan that would further boost the wage to $7.15 on July 1, 2007 and to $7.40 on July 1, 2008.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she'll sign the bill if passed by the House.
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