Obama Goes To Work In Connecticut In Bid To Boost Minimum Wage
Standing at the center of a packed gymnasium at at Central Connecticut State University, Obama said raising hourly wages to $10.10 would pull millions of Americans out of poverty.
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Standing at the center of a packed gymnasium at at Central Connecticut State University, Obama said raising hourly wages to $10.10 would pull millions of Americans out of poverty.
President Obama has already ordered the $10.10 an hour minimum for certain federal projects. The proposed rate translates to a little more than $21,000 annually.
A post on Gov. Dannel Malloy's Twitter account said President Barack Obama will be in the state next Wednesday for a "Raise the Wage'' event.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has requested state permission to set the wage "consistent with the needs of working people in the five boroughs."
Ralliers chanted "poverty wages have to go" and "we want change and we don't mean pennies" at a demonstration on the City Hall steps Friday.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants to increase the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2017, the same rate the president proposed for the federal minimum wage.
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City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the city's minimum wage raised to $11 an hour. The state minimum wage is $8.
While 13 states, including New York, raised their minimum wage above the federal level Jan. 1, many workers and the White House are pushing for even higher pay.
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) said Monday that he wants to accelerate the state's scheduled minimum wage increase to $9 by 2015 and tie it to the inflation rate.
The first of three increases to New York state's minimum wage is set to go into effect at the end of 2013.
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Brooklyn-based fast food workers employed by McDonald's, Papa John's and Domino's will reportedly conduct a pro-union walkout during Friday's dinner hour.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver may be opponents in the U.S. Senate race, but they are teammates in pushing voters to approve raising by $1 the current minimum wage, which stands at $7.25 per hour.
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The House voted 89-53, with eight lawmakers not voting, to pass the bill. The vote came nearly a week after the state Senate approved the legislation.
Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters protested outside New York City restaurants Thursday to demand higher wages for their low-paying jobs.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said Wednesday evening that they have reached a state budget agreement, which would include raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour over three years.
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