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On November 29, 2012, dozens of fast-food workers assembled in midtown Manhattan to demand better pay. Their demonstration kicked off a massive wave of protests for a $15 minimum wage. Since then, cities and states around the nation have taken action. And now, the federal government, led by President Biden and a Democratic-controlled Congress, has begun to consider making the $15 minimum wage national.
McDonald s is one of the nations biggest employers of low-wage workers. As such, it was kind of the perfect place to launch what was, in retrospect, the beginning of an historic labor movement. A by economists Orley Ashenfelter and Štěpán Jurajda suggests McDonald s is also kind of the perfect place to test the effects of the minimum wage increases that workers have been fighting for.
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Supporters and activists argue that many TPS beneficiaries know no other home than the U.S. We need today, for predictability and safety, to know that families will stay together here in the United States, Cardin said.
The bill, which Van Hollen said is cosponsored by another 20 legislators, would offer more than 400,000 people currently under TPS a chance at a green card. We think we re in a much better position right now to be able to move forward with the SECURE Act, Cardin said. We recognize there s going to be challenges. That s why what we re doing here in this news conference is so important. It s to get as much community support as possible to move the SECURE Act.