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Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year

April 14, 2015 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Mr. Price’s small, privately owned company is by no means a bellwether, but his unusual proposal does speak to an economic issue that has captured national attention: The disparity between the soaring pay of chief executives and that of their employees.

By PATRICIA COHEN

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/business/owner-of-gravity-payments-a-credit-card-processor-is-setting-a-new-minimum-wage-70000-a-year.html

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Today – 4/14/15 is Equal Pay Day

This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.

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