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Vice President Joe Biden joined Los Angeles politicians in support of Mayor Eric Garcetti's plan to raise the minimum wage. He called a minimum wage hike the building block of a stronger economy, and the "bare minimum that we should be doing to re-establish economic growth in this country."
Biden backs Garcetti plan to boost minimum wage to $13.25 by 2017 - LA Times

Walmart should take that advice and provide better wages for their workers, but instead they've decided to no longer provide health insurance for their part-time employees. The company will terminate healthcare insurance for associates who work less than 30 hours a week. It's estimated that about 30,000 workers will be affected by the healthcare termination on January 1.
Walmart to End Health Coverage for 30,000 Part-Time Workers - New York Times
 

At a time when the middle class is struggling and workers aren't reaping the fruits of their labor. We all can find hope that populism is alive and well. Ken Burns’s 14-hour PBS documentary “The Roosevelts” in so many ways reminds us that we are living in a country shaped by FDR, and that his legacy will live on in this new generation of populist movements.

New Deal liberalism lives on - Washington Post
 
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country," FDR once said. Unfortunately, many businesses in the U.S. pay far less than a living wage, but hope is not lost. The fight for $15 an hour was won yesterday for those working in Los Angeles at large hotels. Workers will soon make $15.37 an hour, which is among the highest minimum wage hikes in the country.