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February 24, 2014

Obama Renews Call for Minimum Wage Hike; Gap Promises $10 Minimum Wage 
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President Obama is renewing his call for Congress to raise the minimum
wage. Two recent polls show more than 70 percent of Americans support
raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. Obama
raised the issue in his weekly address on Saturday.

President Obama: "Right now, there's a bill before Congress that would
boost America's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. That's easy to remember
-– 'ten-ten.' That bill would lift wages for more than 16 million
Americans without requiring a single dollar in new taxes or spending.
But even though a majority of Democrats, Independents and Republicans
across the country support raising the minimum wage, Republicans in
Congress don't want to give it a vote."

Last week, the clothing retailer Gap announced it would set a minimum
wage of $10 an hour for its U.S. workers in 2015.

 

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