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Tom Perez: “Americans deserve a raise, a raise in the Federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
Americans deserve a raise, a raise in the Federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.
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Tom Perez

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Calls for increasing the federal minimum wage to support workers.

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