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TexasTowelie

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Tue May 7, 2019, 08:26 AM May 2019

Nevada's $12 minimum wage proposal "not enough," Gillibrand says

During a campaign visit to SEIU Nevada Monday, U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand pledged her support for a $15 minimum wage.

Gillibrand and scores of Democratic senators and members of Congress, including Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen and all Nevada Democratic members of the House, are co-sponsors of legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024.

In Nevada, state lawmakers are considering a bill to raise the wage to $12 by 2023.

Asked about the difference between the federal and state proposals Monday, Gillibrand said $12 is “inadequate.”

Read more: https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/05/07/nevadas-12-minimum-wage-proposal-not-enough-gillibrand-says/

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