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kpete

(71,984 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2014, 01:53 PM Oct 2014

Labor Secretary Tom Perez: when it comes to minimum wage rates, “we suck.”

The U.S. federal wage floor ranks third-lowest -- as a percentage of median wage -- among the 34 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a status that Perez said was embarrassing. “I mean, we suck, Perez said. “We really do.”

more:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-23/christie-head-in-sand-on-minimum-wage-labor-chief-says

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Labor Secretary Tom Perez: when it comes to minimum wage rates, “we suck.” (Original Post) kpete Oct 2014 OP

No, we only 3rd-suck. valerief Oct 2014 #1

valerief

(53,235 posts)

1. No, we only 3rd-suck.

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Thu Oct 23, 2014, 01:54 PM

Oct 2014

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