More from KUOW Government Raising The Minimum Wage: Why States Are Starting To Take Action KUOW | By Marcie Sillman Published January 2, 2014 at 1:39 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:36 Flickr Photo/The All-Nite Images New York is another national city that has hosted rallies to raise the minimum wage to $15 like SeaTac, Wash., just did. Marcie Sillman talks with Jack Temple, a National Employment Law Project policy analyst, about the movement to raise the minimum wage and why states are starting to take action.