THE Saipan Chamber of Commerce supports U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camachoâs efforts to delay the implementation of the proposed minimum wage increase in the CNMI.
Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Joe C. Guerrero speaks during the chamberâs meeting in the Hyatt ballroom on Wednesday.
Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano
Although the $15 minimum wage proposal is likely to be taken out of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Democrats are expected to introduce it in a separate measure.
Kilili, who caucuses with the Democrats, earlier said he would introduce a bill to delay for 18 months the implementation of a federal wage hike in the CNMI.