Miller Renews Call to Raise the Minimum Wage on 10/10/14, National Minimum Wage Day
WASHINGTON, DC – On National Minimum Wage Day, House Representative George Miller (D-Calif.), senior Democrat on the Education and the Workforce Committee, reissued his call to pass H.R. 1010, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour and index it to inflation, as well as raising the minimum wage for tipped workers.
“We’ve all heard the arguments a thousand times by now: raising the national minimum wage to $10.10 will lift families out of poverty, create jobs, help our economy, and save taxpayers money,” said Miller. “Democrats and Republicans across the country support it; businesses support it. Even some Republican former members of Congress support it. It is utterly ludicrous that the current Republican House leadership is continuing to put their heads in the sand and prevent a vote on the House floor. We all know that the American people want a raise. And we all know that when this bill comes up for a vote, it will pass. It’s well past time that we got this done for the American people.”
Those fighting to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 have designated 10/10 as National Minimum Wage Day.
Republicans have voted to block the Fair Minimum Wage Act eight times in the last two years, despite the strong support this legislation has from the American people. Nearly 200 members of Congress have made a formal call to bring H.R. 1010 to the House floor for an up-or-down vote.
House Republicans have frozen the minimum wage at $7.25 for years. As a result, adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage is currently more than 30 percent lower than it was in 1968.
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