When we posted news that the Washington and Oregon minimum wage are going up Jan. 1, 2009 due to automatic increases in both of those states, a reader asked if there is any chance agricultural employers could see legislative relief from this requirement. We asked Oregon Association of Nurseries Government Affairs Director Jeff Stone and recorded his response:

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