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Protestors join nationwide push for increase in minimum wage



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BY TY JOHNSON The Brownsville Herald Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 5:45 am

A nationwide effort to raise the minimum wage on Thursday led to the gathering of more than a dozen activists at the intersection of Paredes Line Road and Ruben M. Torres Sr. Boulevard.

Waving signs and chanting, mostly in Spanish, the protesters represented a local leg of a national effort involving fast-food worker strikes in 100 cities where protests were held, all rallying to increase the federal minimum wage.

Continued .. http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_5a237410-5e29-11e3-aa4b-0019bb30f31a.html

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Democrats push for minimum wage increase

December 05, 2013 10:45 pm • By Naomi Creason, The Sentinel

Legislators in the state and across the country Thursday called for an increase to the minimum wage — a move that sparked more protest from fast-food workers.

Democrats were mostly behind the push, with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., calling for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 per hour in three annual steps of 95 cents each.

In the state, Rep. Patty Kim, D-Dauphin, introduced a minimum wage increase bill that called for wages to increase from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour, and then to $10.10 an hour the year after the bill passes.

.. more .. http://cumberlink.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/democrats-push-for-minimum-wage-increase/article_cb37820a-5e28-11e3-8663-0019bb2963f4.html

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