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Businesses react to this week’s rise in minimum wage (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram)

Quoted: Jenneman will be one of an estimated 196,000 Wisconsin workers who will benefit when the wage hike takes effect, said Laura Dresser, a labor economist with UW-Madison’s Center on Wisconsin Strategy. That includes 100,000 people who make less than $7.25 an hour and 96,000 who make more than that but are likely to gain indirectly from a positive ripple effect.