US Labor Secretary Joins Fast Food Fight to Hike Minimum Wage

August 26, 2015

Fast food workers pushing for a higher minimum wage have a new friend at the White House: The U.S. Secretary of Labor.

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Fast food workers fighting for a hike in the minimum wage have a new ally in the White House.

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez held a roundtable in Detroit this week with Mayor Mike Duggan, workers from various fast food chains and union officials to promote the “Fight for 15” movement.

That’s the effort to create a $15-per-hour minimum wage across the country.

Labor Secretary Perez tells WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter that raising the minimum wage is simply common sense.

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  • Quinn Klinefelter is a Senior News Editor at 101.9 WDET. In 1996, he was literally on top of the news when he interviewed then-Senator Bob Dole about his presidential campaign and stepped on his feet.

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