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- President Barack Obama makes remarks on improving economic opportunity for women and working families. Obama stresses equal pay for equal work, raising the minimum wage, and the Affordable Care Act. Held at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama advocates for raising the minimum wage. Obama says that because Republicans in Congress said "no" to even allowing a vote in the Senate on raising the minimum wage, millions of hardworking Americans are going to have to wait for the raise they deserve.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks on raising the minimum wage. Obama delivers remarks on the importance of raising the federal minimum wage for all workers and signs an Executive Order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees on new contracts a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A day after releasing his fiscal year 2015 budget request, President Obama talks about the economy and minimum wage. He says it's time to raise the minimum wage because nobody who works full-time should ever have to raise a family in poverty. Held at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton signs the Minimum Wage Bill. He uses the desk of Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member, who, in 1938, put through legislation guaranteeing the first federal minimum wage of 25 cents per hour.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-08-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers a speech on the need to increase the minimum wage. He speaks at a Costco store in Lanham, Maryland. Obama calls for a "year of action" to improve the economy, raise wages and help strengthen the middle class. He holds up Costco as an example of how employees can be well compensated and business can thrive.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-01-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers remarks commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act which President Kennedy signed on June 10, 1963. The law requires employers to give women and men equal pay for equal work. He reflects on the history of unequal pay, quotes President Kennedy, and says there is still work to be done to achieve equal pay for equal work. Obama also says increasing the minimum wage is necessary.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama discusses the twin challenges of growing income inequality and shrinking economic mobility suggesting they pose a fundamental threat to achieving the American Dream. Obama advocates for increasing the minimum wage, describes the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, and focuses on his plan to grow the economy and the middle class. Sponsored by the Center for American Progress and held at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) in Washington, D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-12-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton opens a press conference by calling for clean bills on the minimum wage and the gasoline tax. He also asks that Congress eschew "PoisonBill" riders on bills to guarantee vetoes.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-05-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clintons third State of the Union address. Ton is concilatory to a republican Congress, except raising the minimum wage and on protecting the ban on assault weapons.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection