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"Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives: Four for Four Passed in Red States Earlier This Month” 




Today, Monday, November 17, at 1 PM, Pacific Time 




On www.kmecradio.org 




With guest, Peter Davis, and host, John Sakowicz 




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Peter Davis 




Ralph Nader and Davis just co-wrote a letter to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which states: “Buried underneath the coverage of the Democrats’ second midterm ‘shalackin’ in a row is a stark public sentiment that provides a path forward for your caucuses during the upcoming lame duck session. Despite the Republican wave, a minimum wage raise passed in every state in which it was on the ballot. These were not coastal blue states: the four 2014 minimum wage ballot initiatives ­­– for Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota — ­­passed in Republican-dominated states which all elected Republican senators alongside the initiative. If your caucuses were to uniformly and exuberantly push for a minimum wage raise in the upcoming Congressional work session, it would transition the national media narrative away from Republican momentum in the never-­ending horse race and towards whether the new Congressional leadership will be responsive to the public sentiment and needs of American workers.” See the full letter. Davis is a campaign activist for Time for a Raise campaign, a project of Ralph Nader’s Center for the Study of Responsive Law. 




Pete Davis is a campaign organizer with the Time for A Raise Campaign, a campaign out of Ralph Nader's Center for Study of Responsive Law working to restore the minimum wage to its peak purchasing power (a value which today would equal to $10.92). He helped the coalition in Washington, D.C pass an $11.50 per hour minimum wage for the District, which -- at the time -- was the highest in the nation. He launched Give1010aVote.org to push Congresspersons to sign the discharge petition to bring a raise in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 to a vote. He also has worked to pressure Walmart to end its poverty wage regime, which -- due to Walmart's role as the largest private employer in the United States -- could have a significant ripple effect across the low-wage economy. 


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