Issue Position: Raised the Minimum Wage

Issue Position

Minnesota's $6.15 per hour minimum wage was among the lowest in the nation. We've improved middle class prosperity by increasing the wage to $9.50 per hour by 2016. It is simply wrong for hardworking Minnesotans putting in 40 hours a week to earn less than poverty wages. Raising the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour will raise the wages of 350,000 people in our state, 80% of whom are over 20 -- supporting themselves and their families. And economists are clear that raising the wage will boost Minnesota's economy since those families will spend their increased earnings on necessities, recirculating those dollars in our communities.

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