By Jeremy Allen
MLive, July 24, 2014
The Obama Administration isn't above using social media to try to persuade Republicans in Congress to cast a unified vote with the Democrats in order to raise the federal minimum wage.
Thursday afternoon, the official Instagram page for the White House posted a photo of President Barack Obama's April 2, 2014 trip to Ann Arbor and Zingerman's Delicatessen with the following message: "It's time for Republicans in Congress to join Democrats and raise the minimum wage because nobody who works full-time should live in poverty. #1010Now #RaiseTheWage"
The post comes a day after one of Zingerman's co-owners, Paul Saginaw, was in Washington, D.C., to receive a Raise the Wage Champions for Change award. The award was given to nine activists, advocates and business owners who the Obama administration says have taken action to raise wages for working men and women around the country. ...
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