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Agricultural empire behind Halos and Wonderful pistachios raises minimum hourly wage to $15

The Wonderful Co., an agriculture conglomerate that sells popular brands of mandarins, pistachios and other products, will raise the minimum hourly wage for its full-time, year-round workers to $15 next month - a move that mirrors wage increases at farms across the state.

The new minimum will mean a pay bump for some 2,000 workers in Wonderful's packing and processing plants and in its nut, citrus, pomegranate and grape orchards.

The hike takes effect Jan. 1,

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