President Obama Speaks on Raising the Minimum Wage

New Britain, CT on Mar 5, 2014
President Obama says that it's time to raise the minimum wage because nobody who works full-time should ever have to raise a family in poverty. March 5, 2014.

Whitehouse on Feb 12, 2014
President Obama delivers remarks on the importance of raising the federal minimum wage for all workers and signs an Executive Order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees on new contracts a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour.

Whitehouse: Raise The Minimum Wage -- It's The Right Thing To Do

Whitehouse, Mar 29, 2014 - In this week's address, Vice President Biden discusses the importance of raising the federal minimum wage. It's good for workers, it's good for business, and it would help close the gender pay gap, as women make up more than half of the workers who stand to benefit from a raise. And as the Vice President highlights, Congress should boost the federal minimum wage because it is what a majority of the American people want.