0 0 ▁employees ▁received ▁an ▁initial ▁sal ary ▁increase ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁£ 4 7 0 ▁above ▁the ▁UK - wide ▁Ag enda ▁for ▁Change ▁rates . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁U . S . ▁cities ▁with ▁living ▁w age ▁laws ▁include ▁Santa ▁Fe ▁and ▁Al bu quer que ▁in ▁New ▁Mexico ; ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁California ; ▁and ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁The ▁city ▁of ▁Chicago , ▁Illinois ▁also ▁passed ▁a ▁living ▁w age ▁ordin ance ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁v eto ed ▁by ▁Mayor ▁Richard ▁M . ▁D ale y . ▁Living ▁w age ▁laws ▁typically ▁cover ▁only ▁business es ▁that ▁receive ▁state ▁assistance ▁or ▁have ▁contract s ▁with ▁the ▁government . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Wisconsin ▁Service ▁Emp loy ees ▁International ▁Union ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁public ▁officials ▁against ▁legisl ation ▁to ▁eliminate ▁local ▁living ▁w ages . ▁According ▁to ▁U . S . ▁Department ▁of ▁Labor ▁data , ▁Wisconsin ▁Job s ▁Now ▁- ▁a ▁non - pro fit ▁organization ▁fighting ▁inequality ▁through ▁higher ▁w ages ▁- ▁has ▁received ▁at ▁least ▁$ 2 . 5 ▁million ▁from ▁SE I U ▁organizations ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Although ▁these ▁ordin ances ▁are ▁recent , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁studies ▁have ▁attempted ▁to ▁measure ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁these ▁policies ▁on ▁w ages ▁and ▁employ ment . ▁Research ers ▁have ▁had ▁difficulty ▁meas uring ▁the