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Lefty NJ congresswoman debuts federal $25 minimum wage bill a week after winning special election

New York Post·Fox News·6 months ago
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A national coalition of more than 100 organizations, including teachers unions and lawmakers, is pushing for a federal $25 minimum wage bill.

Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., and Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., on Tuesday introduced the Living Wage for All Act — a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25-per-hour and eliminate subminimum wages.

Mejia, a founding member of the Living Wage for All coalition, is pushing the bill as her first legislative action since winning a special election for a New Jersey House seat in a landslide last week, defeating Republican candidate Joe Hathaway .

Mejia ran on a platform that emphasized Medicare for all, a $25 minimum wage, a wealth tax, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The Living Wage for All Coalition is a “national campaign of more than 100 labor, community, civil rights, and economic justice organizations working together to win a living wage for every worker in America.”

The most notable organizations joining Mejia and Ramirez to…

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