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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushes for a national minimum wage increase this Congressional session – and as the Seattle area suburb of SeaTac, Washington passes the highest minimum wage in the country last week at $15 an hour – the leaders of the District of Columbia City Council have decided they cannot wait for federal policymakers to address the problem of low wages. They got a boost from President Barack Obama and fast-food workers across this nation this week, as both the White House and low-wage workers pounded the pavement for a minimum wage increase.
The timing couldn’t be more appropriate, as last week’s Miller Center poll shows that lower-paid workers are suffering from higher economic anxiety than ever before, with 85 percent fearful that their families’ income won’t cover basic expenses (up 25 percent from the previous survey).
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