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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums$10 Minimum Wage Proposal Has Growing Support From White House
$10 Minimum Wage Proposal Has Growing Support From White House
By CATHERINE RAMPELL and STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: November 7, 2013 - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/business/10-minimum-wage-proposal-has-obamas-backing.html?_r=0
The White House has thrown its weight behind a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to at least $10 an hour.
The president has long supported raising the minimum wage so hard-working Americans can have a decent wage for a days work to support their families and make ends meet, a White House official said.
President Obama, the official continued, supports the Harkin-Miller bill, also known as the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, from its current $7.25.
The legislation is sponsored in the Senate by Tom Harkin of Iowa and in the House by George Miller of California, both Democrats. It would raise the minimum wage in three steps of 95 cents each, taking place over two years to $10.10, and then index it to inflation. ............
The president has long supported raising the minimum wage so hard-working Americans can have a decent wage for a days work to support their families and make ends meet, a White House official said.
President Obama, the official continued, supports the Harkin-Miller bill, also known as the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, from its current $7.25.
The legislation is sponsored in the Senate by Tom Harkin of Iowa and in the House by George Miller of California, both Democrats. It would raise the minimum wage in three steps of 95 cents each, taking place over two years to $10.10, and then index it to inflation. ............
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$10 Minimum Wage Proposal Has Growing Support From White House (Original Post)
Coyotl
Nov 2013
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Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)1. While negotiating the TPP?
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)2. 10? fuck that, it should be 18!
Bob Jones
(26 posts)3. Anything less than $25 an hour is slave labor, and should be a crime.
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)4. Insulting. It's already close to that in some states
Fast food workers have been demanding $15