According to the City of Minneapolis’ Charter Commission Agenda, the Charter Commission is set to review the petition from the 15Now Minnesota Committee for a proposed Charter amendment related to the proposal to increase the minimum wages within the City of Minneapolis to $15 per hour. The regular meeting will be held on July 13, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall, Room 317.

While this $15 push for minimum wage is nothing new (it was initially proposed by Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano around August 2014 according to the StarTribune), certainly given the latest City pro-employee trends (i.e. Minneapolis Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance), it may have a bit more traction than ever before.  Accordingly, I suspect this is something we may be hearing much more about this Summer…