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Democratic platform backs $15 minimum wage

By Joseph Lawler
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Democratic platform backs $15 minimum wage

Democrats have backed an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour in a draft version of their official 2016 party platform.

The party platform, released Friday night, favors raising the minimum wage, currently set at $7.25 an hour at the federal level, to $15 and indexing it to inflation, while also raising the lower minimum rate for tipped workers.

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