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Gavin Newsom: “$20 for fast food workers criticized hourly in the Wall…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom: California's Housing Crisis Is Its Original Sin

Published | Video Starts at 43:52

$25 an hour minimum wage federally national. Well, I've done it, not talking about it. Only governor country that can lay claim to that. $20 for fast food workers criticized hourly in the Wall Street Journal ed board. And $25 for healthcare workers. 1690 adjusted for inflation for everybody else but nationwide, It's a disgrace. 20 states have $7.25 minimum wage and you and I are subsidizing those corporations with our tax dollars with so many of their workers that are ending up on the public welfare walls. (43:52–44:01)

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Asserts $20 minimum wage for fast food workers and $25 for healthcare workers in California.

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