Here’s what hourly workers and small business owners think of a $15 minimum wage
President Joe Biden, along with other Democrats, have voiced support for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.
But recent attempts — including a Senate vote on Friday to include a minimum wage hike in the President’s Covid relief package — have all failed.
Still, progressive lawmakers and activists are dedicated to the pay increase, which they say would provide millions of workers with a living wage.
“If anybody thinks that we’re giving up on this issue, they are sorely mistaken,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday. “If we have to vote on it time and time again, we will and we’re going to succeed. The American people understand that we cannot continue to have millions of people working for starvation wages.”