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A Walmart sign is seen on August 18, 2015 in Miami.

(File photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

More than one million Walmart workers will soon be getting a raise.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to increase its associates wages at its Walmart and Sam's Club stores on Feb. 20, bringing the average hourly full-time pay to $13.38, up from $13.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last week to raise the workers minimum wage at its airports in an opinion piece. In November, Cuomo laid out a plan to increase pay for all New York state workers to $15 per hour by 2021.

One New Jersey legislator, Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, also recently announced his own effort to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023, an initiative dubbed "Fight for 15."

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