MINIMUM WAGE . . . REICH ATTACKS GOP

Thursday, Feb. 16, 1995
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Labor Secretary Robert Reich attacked GOP leaders who oppose President Clinton''s plan to raise the minimum wage, calling them "Robin Hood on rewind: they take from the poor and give to the rich." Clinton wants to raise the wage by 90 cents over a two-year period, from $4.25 to $5.15. Reich pointed out at a press conference today that the last time the minimum wage was raised, in 1991, both Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich supported the idea.