New Jersey: Governor Christie vetoes says minimum wage hike to $15 per hr read more at here www.spinonews.com/index.php/item/735-new-jersey-governor-christie-vetoes-says-minimum-wage-hike-to-15-per-hr

The legislation have made New Jersey the third state to make $15 per hour minimum wage.

State voters agreed to a previous wage hike in 2013 to $8.25 from $7.25. New Jersey's rate is combined to the consumer price index and is now at $8.38, according to a database from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to raise a bill the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years.

Christie, a close cooperation of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said the wage bill passed by Democrats, who control both houses of state legislature, failed to consider the ability of businesses to absorb the increased labor costs.

Neighboring New York State, as well as California, became the first states to lift the minimum wage toward $15 earlier this year.

Washington and 29 states have set minimum wages above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour, according to the NCSL.

Some cities are also stepping up to higher wage levels. Washington, D.C.'s minimum wage will reach $15 per hour by July 1, 2020, after it enacted a law this year. The city's current le