Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance on Saturday that increases the city?s minimum wage to $15 by the year 2020. In supporting the bill, union leaders came under strong criticism for a late demand to exempt union workers, arguing that collection bargaining procedures should continue to give union employees control over their salary and benefits packages.
See "Labor leaders' credibility slips in minimum-wage debate", David Zahniser and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2015