Biden set to push minimum wage hikes

Published December 4, 2020 11:34am ET



President-elect Joe Biden’s administration is likely to push for raising the minimum wage at the federal and local levels next year through any means available.

Biden’s economic team includes several labor economists who are expected to push for increasing worker earnings through executive actions, federal legislation in Congress, and use of their bully pulpit to encourage state and local governments to raise their own minimum wages.

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