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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/