Hillary Clinton detours from Clooney fundraisers to back minimum wage rise
Source: Associated Press
Associated Press in Los Angeles
Saturday 16 April 2016 23.40 BST
Hillary Clinton detoured on Saturday from a weekend of big-money fundraising in California to pitch her plans to raise the federal minimum wage and refresh her criticism of rival Bernie Sanders in advance of Tuesday’s New York primary.
The former first lady told a cheering crowd at a Los Angeles rally on Saturday afternoon that if elected she would push Congress to lift the $7.25-an-hour federal base wage.
Clinton’s remarks echoed her statements at Thursday’s Democratic debate in Brooklyn. The former senator, who has previously endorsed a $12-per-hour federal minimum wage, said she would also sign legislation raising that level to $15.
“People end up in poverty. We need a living wage,” she told her audience at Southwest Los Angeles College. She credited California for recently enacting the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage – $15 an hour by 2022.
The focus of Clinton’s swing through California was a pair of big-ticket fundraisers with actor George Clooney, with some donors agreeing to raise or donate six-figure sums.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/16/hillary-clinton-george-clooney-fundraisers-minimum-wage-rise
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...she mentioned it in 2014: “There are a growing number of businesses in our country showing what it means to be responsible corporate citizens. They’re paying workers a living wage instead of a poverty wage. They are investing in communities instead of hollowing them out. They are empowering workers instead of preventing them from organizing and joining unions to represent them. But we still don’t have enough who are doing all of that.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-jobs-comment-112225
Edit: Another from 2014: http://www.politicususa.com/2014/10/15/hillary-clinton-storms-kentucky-lowers-boom-mitch-mcconnell.html
I'll edit with more links (if i can find them). Edit: Looking for any earlier than 2014.
Last one, from 1999: "The working poor deserve a living wage." (Oct 1999) http://www.ontheissues.org/News_Minimum_Wage.htm
I lied, one more (from 2004): https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2004/03/03/634/keep-america-working-restoring-jobs-to-ensure-american-prosperity/
And just for fun, here is Hillary and Bernie's political alignment:
Hillary on left, Bernie on right:
