It has been 3 years since we have had an increase in minimum wage. It is frozen at $5.15 an hour. On that, you cannot get out of the poverty even if you work 40 hours a week every week of the year.
Burgess Owens: “It has been 3 years since we have had an increase in minimum wage. It is frozen at $5.15 an hour. On that, you cannot…”
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Discussing the need for an increase in the minimum wage.
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