Congresswoman Fudge, also chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, demands that Congress increase federal minimum wage floor mandate from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour at press conference in Cleveland, Ohio, Fudge's Cleveland press secretary tells Cleveland Urban News.Com that a bill that would increase national minimum wage mandate is gathering dust on the desk of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner
Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog K a thy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, told reporters earlier this week that Congress should up the minimum wage floor, which is currently $7.25 an hour, to $10.10 an hour, and that it is the right thing to do both morally and economically. "The vast majority of minimum wage workers are not teenagers earning ...