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07/11/13 7:12 AM

#206299 RE: PegnVA #206271

Large US retail companies will be forced to pay their workers at least 50 percent more than the minimum wage.

It is part of a bill that has been approved in Washington .

But retail giant Walmart has responded by threatening to scrap plans for three new stores.

Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports from Washington, DC.

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/07/201371155146304847.html