Shawn Shouldice: Seattle’s minimum wage lesson for Vermont

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Shawn Shouldice, of Montpelier, who is Vermont state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, which represents more than 1,000 small businesses in Vermont.
There are six different legislative proposals up for consideration by the Vermont General Assembly this session to raise the state’s minimum wage. Sen. Michael Sirotkin, chairman of the Senate Economic Development Committee, is leading the charge to enact S.40 which hikes th