Lawmakers Push For $15 An Hour Minimum Wage, While Fast Food Workers Hit The Street
HARTFORD, CT Fast food employees rallied in Hartford against President Donald Trumps nominee for labor secretary, while lawmakers met at the state Capitol to push for a $15 minimum wage in the new legislative session.
Enacting a $15 minimum wage will pay dividends for over 300,000 workers in our state, who will put their money right back into our communities and our small businesses, Rep. James Albis, D-East Haven, said.
The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted to draft legislation that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
Connecticut last passed a minimum wage increase in 2014. The base wage was raised to $10.10 on Jan. 1 of this year. It was the last increase included in that bill.
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