Labor Activists Call for $20 Minimum Wage in Wisconsin

'They just can’t get by': Wisconsin advocates look to raise minimum wage to $20 per hour

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Living Wage Coalition: Launches calling for comprehensive minimum wage bill with $20 floor

MADISON – The day after Labor Day and in advance of the upcoming State legislative session, key progressive political organizations and leading labor and community organizations launched the Living Wage Coalition, calling on State policy-makers to take up comprehensive living...

Advocates urge lawmakers to back a $20 minimum wage and guaranteed increases

Wisconsin grass-roots advocates called on state lawmakers Tuesday to adopt a platform for workers that would nearly triple the state’s minimum wage, then increase it to keep pace with rising prices. “The key here is to not leave workers behind…

Labor activists call for $20 minimum wage in Wisconsin

Service workers and liberal organizers are calling on state lawmakers to raise Wisconsins minimum wage from $7.25 to $20 an hour.Wisconsin is one of 20 states that havent raised their minimum wages higher than the federal rate set in 2009. The push for a higher minimum wage comes as 25 states raised their minimum wages last year.A $7.25 minimum wage is absurd in this day and age, said Troy Brewer, a cook at Fiserv Forum. Lets stop playing politi…