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Carolyn Maloney: So that 111,000 of the 162,000 are people taking on two or three jobs. That certainly shows the need for raising the…

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
So that 111,000 of the 162,000 are people taking on two or three jobs. That certainly shows the need for raising the minimum wage, for goodness sakes, that you have to take two or three jobs to make ends meet.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney highlights the necessity of raising the minimum wage due to jobholders taking multiple jobs.

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