Hillary Clinton endorses fight for a $15 minimum wage (From June)

[RandySF]

DETROIT, Mich. -- In one of the most explicitly union-friendly speeches of her young presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton called in to a convention of low-wage workers Sunday morning to deliver a message of support and solidarity.

"All of you should not have to march in the streets to get a living wage, but thank you for marching in the streets to get that living wage," she said. "We need you out there leading the fight against those who would rip away Americans’ right to organize, to collective bargaining, to fair pay."

Clinton's new campaign has carried a populist tone throughout, but this speech -- before a ballroom full of mostly young, African American workers from across the country -- virtually echoed the language that the Service Employees International Union has used in its campaign for a $15 minimum wage. Along with the fast food workers who have been at the core of scattered protests over the past couple of years, Clinton's short speech called out home care workers and adjunct professors, who make up a substantial part of the SEIU's membership base and have joined in the call for higher wages.

"No man or woman who works hard to feed America’s families should have to be on food stamps to feed your own families," Clinton said. "It is wrong that so many people stand against you thinking that they can steal your wages with no consequences. That even stacks the deck higher for those at the top."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/07/hillary-clinton-sounds-populist-note-at-fast-food-workers-convention/

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

Thank you. Something I already knew but alas the hate is strong.

[Cheese Sandwich]

2. She doesn't endorse a $15 min wage. Just that we should fight for it? Weak

For someone who wants to "be our champion" she's got a funny way of showing it.

Hillary Clinton on Thursday wouldn’t commit to supporting a $15 national minimum wage but said she is working with Democrats in Congress who are determining how high it can be set.

“I support the local efforts that are going on that are making it possible for people working in certain localities to actually earn 15,” Clinton said in a response to a question from BuzzFeed News during a press availability in New Hampshire on Thursday.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/hillary-clinton-declines-to-support-a-national-15-minimum-wa#.ou65bqJ63G


http://www.mic.com/articles/122461/hillary-clinton-declines-to-endorse-15-minimum-wage

[RandySF]

3. I hope Hillary haters put as much energy into campaigning for their candidates

as they do tearing down others with hair-splitting.

[Luminous Animal]

9. So, what is Hillary's proposal for a living wage? What is the number?

That is not hair-splitting,. That is hard cold facts.


I predict that Hillary will call for $15 an hour by 2019. The year she expects to re-electef.

[totodeinhere]

22. I am getting sick and tired of being called a Hillary hater just because I have

legitimate policy differences with her. Or aren't we allowed to disagree with her on anything and if we do that makes us haters?

[oasis]

8. "Won't commit" doesn't mean "No I'm not for it".

She's not sticking her neck out in case circumstances make it impossible to deliver.

[bvf]

12. Reminds me of the old saying

"Let's you and him fight."

[okasha]

4. She not only supports this

but calls explicitly for a living wage, which was around $19/hour the last time I saw it mentioned. It may be more now.

[Cha]

5. Of course she does. thanks RandySF

[Luminous Animal]

6. Nope. Never once said she endorsed $15 an hour. Never. And, in fact the $15 an hour movement

has taken her to task for that.

Come on RandySF point to one single thing where she has committed to $15 an hour.

You can't because she hasn't and one more slight of hand from the Hillary campaign.

[RandySF]

7. Is that my name on the byline?

Did the Washington Post generate the article out of thin air?

[Luminous Animal]

10. Did you read the article? Can you point out where she advocated for $15 an hour

any where in it? No you cannot.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. The problem with her ''“I support the local efforts ' Stance

So let's say a city says $15 is the standard for the city within the jurisdiction of the city... Walmart or 7 eleven opens a store on edge of the city, in the growing burbs then it can ignore the wage .

A living wage won't work that way and you and I know it.

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R

[beam me up scottie]

14. Hillary Clinton Declines To Support A National $15 Minimum Wage

Hillary Clinton Declines To Support A National $15 Minimum Wage

Hillary Clinton on Thursday wouldn’t commit to supporting a $15 national minimum wage but said she is working with Democrats in Congress who are determining how high it can be set.

“I support the local efforts that are going on that are making it possible for people working in certain localities to actually earn 15,” Clinton said in a response to a question from BuzzFeed News during a press availability in New Hampshire on Thursday.

“I think part of the reason that the Congress and very strong Democratic supporters of increasing the minimum wage are trying to debate and determine what’s the national floor is because there are different economic environments. And what you can do in L.A. or in New York may not work in other places.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/hillary-clinton-declines-to-support-a-national-15-minimum-wa#.hhrVO0VjD

[Scuba]

15. Maybe she'll propose tax credits for corporations that promise to some day move to $15.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/hillary-clinton-south-carolina-tax-credits-apprentices-119093.html#ixzz3dJunNLW6

[beam me up scottie]

16. Well that just makes me feel nauseous.

Because what apprentices really need is for their employers to get more tax credits for paying them peanuts.

The ones who work with my s/o are barely getting by. They usually get laid off before benefits and raises kick in.

[Doctor_J]

18. The fan club also claims that she is in favor of single payer healthcare, even though she

has explicitly stated that she is against it. In their minds she is a liberal, and no amount of fact is going to change their minds

[beam me up scottie]

19. If they keep repeating it often enough...

you know the drill.

No wonder they get angry when we post in these threads.

[Doctor_J]

17. I don't see an endorsement for a $15 minimum wage in there

Did you post the wrong article?

[99Forever]

20. Neoliberal bait and switch.

Nowhere in that entire article does Clinton endorse $15 an hour wage. Not one single time.

Good to see the level of honesty from Team Hillary hasn't changed a bit.

[totodeinhere]

21. No quite the contrary. She is refusing to endorse a nationwide $15 minimum wage.

Hillary Clinton Declines To Support A National $15 Minimum Wage

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/hillary-clinton-declines-to-support-a-national-15-minimum-wa#.yxW1y0awe