$15 minimum wage

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is proposing to use coronavirus relief funds to backdoor a Democrat pet project: a $15 minimum wage.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said that raising the minimum wage is “really about raising the opportunity for families to earn a living.” And it’s “pretty hard to live on $15 an hour.” Walsh said,

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) expressed his support for “indexing the minimum wage” and “increasing the minimum wage and getting to $15 an hour.” Coons stated, “I support raising the minimum wage. I support

Several prominent Democrats expressed disappointment and frustration after several Democrats joined Republicans in the Senate in rejecting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 22 progressive Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to overrule the Senate parliamentarian and allow a $15 minimum wage increase to be included in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday criticized certain Democrats for failing to support progressive demands for a $15 minimum wage, contending that they are living in a “dystopian capitalist nightmare” and adding that the minimum wage should actually be $24 an hour.

On Friday’s “MSNBC Live,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) reacted to the Senate parliamentarian ruling that a minimum wage increase cannot be passed under reconciliation by stating that “We are not going to see the filibuster being used to

Political commentator Van Jones said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that it was ” it is suicide for the Democratic Party” if they do not pass an increase to the federal minimum wage.

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that Democrats should take a cue from Republicans and fight hard to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour after the Senate parliamentarian decided it could not be included in President Joe Biden’s coronavirus package.

The Coronavirus package will fail to include the $15 minimum wage hike due to a parliamentarian decision, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday. 

Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that the Democrats won the majority in the House and Senate and Joe Biden won the presidency because they promised to pass coronavirus relief that that would include a $15 federal minimum wage.

Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) declared Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that we should not want “low-wage businesses” when pressed on small businesses who would struggle under a federal mandate to pay employees $15 an hour.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Cross Connection,” Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) expressed support for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but stated that a $15 minimum wage “will leave a lot of my constituents behind. And

Curiously, the Washington Post, which is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, seems to be at odds with another Bezos-headed enterprise: Amazon.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Late Night,” Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) stated that a $15 an hour minimum wage is “the start,” and “it should be higher than that right now.” Bush said, “You know, we have to start with

Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), said Monday that she approves of a $15 minimum wage after telling Hillary Clinton’s campaign to avoid such a policy position.

Progressives celebrated on Tuesday, announcing that they successfully blocked attempts to alter eligibility thresholds for future coronavirus relief payments.

On Monday’s “MSNBC Live,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein reacted to the Congressional Budget Office study showing that a $15 minimum wage would cost over 1 million jobs by saying that raising the minimum wage increases wages,

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is out with a new report undercutting the case congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden have been making in favor of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that he thinks a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour will pass both chambers of Congress as a separate measure if it is not included

During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s “CBS Evening News,” President Joe Biden stated that he doesn’t think an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour will end up being in the coronavirus relief bill, but

The hopes of President Joe Biden and the congressional Democrats to raise the minimum wage to $15-per-hour took a hit on Thursday.

During NBC’s Inauguration coverage on Wednesday, incoming Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that if he can’t get a filibuster-proof majority in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, “we’re going to put it into

President-elect Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour could put more than 1.3 million Americans out of work.

Fast-food workers in 15 cities across the United States plan to strike Friday, hoping to convince the incoming Biden administration to raise the federal minimum wage. 

Michael Bloomberg is making a pitch for Latino votes with an offer of $15 per hour wages — but also a flood of new Latino migrants eager to compete for jobs, apartments, and K-12 desks in Latino communities.

The prestigious University of Pennsylvania may lose $1.2 million in public subsidies from Philadelphia over its refusal to pay the city’s mandated $15.00 minimum wage to entry-level security staffers.

Several states will reportedly increase their minimum wage rates in the new year, according to payroll experts Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) signaled that she is open to a universal basic income – an idea that has been championed by fellow presidential contender Andrew Yang (D).

New York City’s restaurants are feeling the pinch of a $15 minimum wage hike, cutting staff hours and closing restaurants to make ends meet.

A survey finds Connecticut businesses are concerned for their future as only 11 percent of them expect the state’s economy to grow next year.

Rap star Cardi B interviewed presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and asked about wages in America, prompting Sanders to push his goal of implementing a federal $15 minimum wage.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced that his campaign will limit staffer hours in order to pay $15 an hour in response to complaints from employees who accused his campaign of paying “poverty wages.”

Elaine Parker of Job Creators Network writes at Fox News that the $15 federal minimum wage bill passed in the House would lead to lay-offs and sabotage young Americans just entering the workforce.

Staffers for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have drafted a letter to campaign manager Faiz Shakir complaining that they are making “poverty wages,” and demanding he pay them a $15 per hour minimum wage.

McDonald’s workers have organized rallies on Wednesday in an attempt to force the fast-food giant to institute a $15 minimum wage.