WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Voters in New Jersey and SeaTac, Wash., sent "a clear signal" to politicians by approving higher minimum wages standards, a national advocate said Wednesday.
"The voters understand that we cannot build a recovery on low-wage jobs – and when elected officials don't get the message, the voters will take action to raise wages on their own," Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, said in a statement. ...
"At $7.25, the minimum wage has less buying power now than it did in 1950," Director of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, Holly Sklar said in a statement.
"New Jersey joins New York, Connecticut and California in taking action this year to raise their state minimums while the federal minimum wage is stuck in the past," she said. ....
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