The Wage Board and Fast Food Workers

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 28, 2015

Gov. Cuomo has convened a wage board to consider raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers without requiring legislative approval. Karim Camara, deputy commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal (focusing on faith-based initiatives), pastor of the Abundant Life Church, and former Assembly Member (D-Brooklyn), and Hector Figueroa, president of 32BJ Service Employees International Union, explain the wage board's work.

 

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