Obama Calls For Raising Minimum Wage To $9 Per Hour In State Of The Union

Obama Calls For Raising Minimum Wage To $9 Per Hour In State Of The Union: In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama calls for raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour, up from its current $7.25. He also called for raising the tipped minimum wage — made by tipped employees, such as waitresses — and for indexing the minimum wage to inflation so that it grows [...]/p