minimum wage

State Senate President Steve Sweeney says he's been told by Governor Chris Christie that he will not support an increase in the state's minimum wage if annual adjustments are tied to the rate of inflation.

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The battle over the minimum wage hike continues.

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Yesterday, we told you about Senate President Steve Sweeney's plan to put a minimum wage hike to the voters. Governor Chris Christie is responding, and calls that idea, "truly ridiculous."

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Not quite sure if he can count on Governor Chris Christie's support for an increase in the state's minimum wage, State Senate President Steve Sweeney is ready to attempt an end-around that would take Christie completely out of the mix.

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New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver has had her team tracking U.S. Labor Department numbers to see how increasing the minimum wage has worked out for other states this year.

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A bill to increase New Jersey's minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour passed the full Assembly in May, but stalled in the State Senate because Governor Chris Christie vowed to veto it.

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I would not expect to get by on 7.25 an hour.

I would hope to get by on perhaps 3 or 4 jobs paying 7.25 an hour, but were I to do that, I’d be 6 feet under by the time I reached my next birthday

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What was once a top priority for Assembly President Sheila Oliver and Democratic President Steve Sweeney, a raise in NJ's minimum wage is now something they say they will push for later in the year.

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Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver says her bill increasing the minimum wage isn't dead.

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A bill to hike New Jersey's hourly minimum wage to $8.50 and require the rate to then be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index was approved yesterday by the Assembly.

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