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American Samoa wants wage increases delayed as challenges to StarKist mount

Currently, around 90% of the nearly 2,500 workers at the StarKist cannery in Pago Pago, American Samoa, earn the territory's minimum wage of $5.56 per hour

By Jason Smith | June 22, 2020 19:44 BST
American Samoa, a US territory in the Pacific, is home to tuna company Starkist. Credit: Bryan Chernick/Shutterstock.com
American Samoa, a US territory in the Pacific, is home to tuna company Starkist. Credit: Bryan Chernick/Shutterstock.com
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American Samoan officials are urging the US federal government to postpone a minimum wage increase scheduled for 2021 that is expected to raise costs for the US territory's largest private employer, StarKist & Co [...]

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