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DNC Platform Draft to Include a $15 Minimum Wage
“Democrats believe that the current minimum wage is a starvation wage and must be increased to a living wage. No one who works full time should have to raise a family in poverty. We believe that Americans should earn at least $15 an hour and have the right to form or join a union.” […]
EPI: Baltimore’s Minimum Wage Proposal Would Benefit 98,000
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Testimony to the DNC Platform Committee
Members of the Platform Committee, I want to thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony regarding an increase in the minimum wage. My name is Frank Garvey, I’m an organizer with Time for a Raise, an advocacy project of Ralph Nader’s Center for Study of Responsive Law that advocates for a $15 minimum […]
Time for a Raise’s Testimony to the DC City Council
Members of City Council, good morning. My name is Frank Garvey, I am an organizer with Time for a Raise, a project of the Center for Study of Responsive Law that advocates for a higher minimum wage at the federal, state and local level. I am glad to sit here today in favor of a […]
DC to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour.
From the Washington Post: “D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposal to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour passed a committee vote Wednesday, setting up a final series of votes on the measure by the D.C. Council this month. The council so far appears likely to keep intact the bulk of Bowser’s plan: […]