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"I noted that megastore Costco, headquartered in Issaquah and employing 180,000 workers nationwide, announced it will raise its minimum wage to $16 per hour; CEO W. Craig Jelinek also appeared before the Senate Budget Committee to testify about wages at large retailers as Congress considered a $15 federal minimum-wage increase (a provision later shot down by the Senate parliamentarian), and his testimony came not long after Seattle passed a hazard-pay bill for grocery store workers." - Gabe Guarente