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Supporters of the higher minimum wage say that, even in lower-cost upstate New York, is barely enough to support a family and would reduce those workers’ reliance on public assistance programs. New York City fast-food restaurants have a faster increase schedule, with the...

Earlier this month, New York state announced a long-anticipated plan to phase in a minimum wage for fast-food workers, whose 2012 protests sparked a national movement. And the huge University of California system will raise the minimum wage for its workers to $15 by 2017.

Many fast-food workers say their industry should pay a minimum wage of $15 an hour so workers can afford the high cost of living in New York City and elsewhere.

The statement comes after New York’s state wage board recommended all fast-food workers make at least $15 an hour. Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Nigel Travis views the increase, which would be in place by the end of 2018, as unreasonable. “The increase is 71 percent,...