Issue Position: Fair Pay for Hard Work

Issue Position

People who work full time should be able to provide for their families. I support a nationwide minimum wage increase to $10.10 an hour -- a common-sense proposal that Republican Susan Collins joined with other Republicans to filibuster in April. Her vote against the minimum wage harmed approximately 96,000 Mainers who would have benefited from the increase. The positive economic multiplier effect of raising the minimum wage is significant. Money in the pockets of working class Mainers goes directly back into the economy as workers buy food and clothing for their families. It's the right thing to do, and it will grow our local economies.

Working people deserve a strong voice in Washington, and I will always be an ally to workers. I support the right to organize including collective bargaining. I oppose right-to-work-for-less legislation.

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