By Tim McNicholas
NBC24, WNWO, April 30, 2014
Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Forty-two Senators voted against the measure, including Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). ...
Toledo business owner Dave Schultz called Sen. Portman and urged him to vote in favor of a minimum wage increase. He has ten employees who make at least $11 an hour. Ohio’s minimum wage is $7.95.
“I’m disappointed,” Schultz said after the vote. “I would hope that our Congress people would have the working families at mind when they’re voting on these things.” ...