Minimum Wage is not a Living Wage

CEO pay and corporate profits come first

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It’s been holiday vacation time for most US schools and millions of children were home for two weeks. How did parents who do not make a living wage manage this? Most do not have paid leave and the costs of childcare are out of their reach.

About a third of the US workforce makes less than $15 an hour, including nearly two million who make…