Sanders and Barber for $ 17 Minimum Wage

 

Bernie Sanders and William Barber 

Announce Rallies for $17 Minimum Wage

 

Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, plans to join Sanders to 'make the moral case for raising wages.'

 

By Jessica Corbett 

COMMONDREAMS via Truthout

 

May 29, 2023 - On the heels of launching an effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour over five years, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday announced upcoming rallies to demand the pay hike in three states, where he will be joined by Bishop William Barber II.

 

Barber — Repairers of the Breach president, Poor People’s Campaign co-chair, and founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School — plans to join Sanders (I-Vt.) to “make the moral case for raising wages.”

 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-barber-17-minimum-wage-rally

 

Minimum Wage Increase in California

California Today

Raises come with new minimum wage law.

Jan. 8, 2018.JOB GROWTH DECELERATED IN DECEMBER: Passage of a tax cut late last month failed to accelerate job growth, according to the latest numbers from the Labor Department, though wage growth ticked up slightly.

The tax bill's passage prompted AT&T and other companies to pledge $1,000 bonuses to workers, but the Labor Department reported Friday that 148,000new jobs were created in December, down from 252,000 jobs in November.

The new job-growth number was still relatively robust, and it's early days yet. Friday's report showed that the economy continues to expand in its ninth year of recovery.

The year 2017 saw the creation of 2.1 million jobs, slightly below 2016's 2.2 million, when Barack Obama was president. President Donald Trump didn't take office until Jan. 20 last year, but his supporters frequently cite the stock market's rise after his November election as evidence of Trump's favorable impact on the economy. More here.

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Jewish Advocacy for Increasing the Minimum Wage

http://jewishcurrents.org/jewish-advocacy-for-increasing-the-minimum-wage-38712
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