Wisconsin residents push for an increase in minimum wage MOLLY DAVIS and GRETCHEN GERLACH of Wisconsin Watch July 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3James Rudd is seen outside of his workplace at the AT&T building in downtown Milwaukee, where he works as a janitor, on July 13, 2021. Rudd is fighting to double the minimum wage in Wisconsin from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour. Rudd says he now makes more than $15 an hour — and thinks everyone should make at least that. "Fifteen dollars is just a start. We want to take vacations. We want to be able to live the American dream," he says. (Isaac Wasserman/Wisconsin Watch via AP)Isaac Wasserman/APShow MoreShow Less