Efforts by President Obama to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, from its current $7.25, by 2015, have been stalled in Congress. But support for raising minimum wages has grown in recent years. Indeed, there have been 15 states with minimum-wage ballot measures since 1996 and all 15 passed, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In Alaska on Tuesday, more than two thirds of voters supported raising the minimum wage to $9.75, from the current $7.75, by 2016. In Arkansas, 65% of voters supported an increase to $8.50 by 2017, from $6.25, while 59% in Nebraska backed an increase to $9 by 2016, from $7.25.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:23:38 +0000