ClydeR
02-20-2015, 09:34 PM
If you want to be the party of higher wages, come on, join the dozens of cities and states, the companies like The Gap, and now Wal-Mart, raising wages, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s good for business. Don’t stand in the way. You've got votes in Congress. You got votes in the House. You got votes in the Senate. Work with us. Join the rest of the country. Give America a raise! Let’s go. Let’s go. (Applause.) Let’s go! I’m ready. (Applause.) I'm ready!
More... (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/20/remarks-president-dnc-winter-meeting)
Earlier today, Obama made the above remarks, saying that Walmart's wage increase shows that Congress should raise the minimum wage.
Walmart, the frequent focus of advocates for low-wage workers, is giving its lowest-paid workers a raise.
The company said 500,000 full-time and part-time associates, more than a third of its work force at Walmart (WMT) U.S. stores and Sam's Clubs, will receive pay raises in April to at least $9 an hour. That will be $1.75 above the federal minimum wage.
More... (http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/19/news/companies/walmart-wages/)
If businesses raise wages on their own, then there's no need to a government imposed minimum wage.
More... (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/20/remarks-president-dnc-winter-meeting)
Earlier today, Obama made the above remarks, saying that Walmart's wage increase shows that Congress should raise the minimum wage.
Walmart, the frequent focus of advocates for low-wage workers, is giving its lowest-paid workers a raise.
The company said 500,000 full-time and part-time associates, more than a third of its work force at Walmart (WMT) U.S. stores and Sam's Clubs, will receive pay raises in April to at least $9 an hour. That will be $1.75 above the federal minimum wage.
More... (http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/19/news/companies/walmart-wages/)
If businesses raise wages on their own, then there's no need to a government imposed minimum wage.