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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, shown here on Dec. 6, had voiced support for a $10 minimum wage, as opposed to what was passed by the D.C. Council. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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DC Council OKs $11.50 minimum wage

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Back to Work

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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks to the media before meeting with newly elected mayors from across the country, on Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Obama: Mayors need extension of jobless benefits, minimum-wage hike

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A December Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll found that 63 percent of Americans would favor raising the minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, the amount in a bill introduced by Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa in the Senate and George Miller of California in the House.
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Support grows for hike in minimum wage

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Tweets of the Week

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Demonstrators rally for better wages outside a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Demonstrations planned in 100 cities are part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Reality-checking Obama’s minimum wage gambit

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Demonstrations planned in 100 cities are part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25. (AP/Paul Beaty)

Fast-food strikes return amid push for wage hikes

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Protestors chant outside a Burger King restaurant during a protest for a raise in the minimum wage in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Fast food workers across the country walked off their jobs to fight for a $15 an hour wage. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Fast-food protests return amid push for wage hikes

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“What’s at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement,” President Obama said.
Economy

Obama: US economy has grown ‘profoundly unequal’

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Walmart has repeatedly supported new impositions on employers (such as minimum-wage hikes and the employer mandate in health insurance) that crush smaller competitors. (AP File)
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Retailer regulatory robbery: Corporate warfare by more violent means

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