#minimum wage

Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938. ↗

— Bill Pascrell

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Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

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#bill #buy #current #cut #does

Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

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#good news #living #living wage #means #minimum