Joyner: New York must honor Dr. King's legacy by raising minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026. With the minimum wage frozen at $15 an hour, the minimum salary is now worth 15% less than in 2019, she says. Joyner: Corporations have seen some of their biggest profits over the past decade, but these record profits are not reaching their workers.
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Dr. King’s legacy means raising the minimum wage
On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday we recall his message that true racial justice goes hand in hand with economic justice as he told striking sanitation workers just weeks before his death that “our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality.”
On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday we recall his message that true racial justice goes hand in hand with economic justice as he told striking sanitation workers just weeks before his death that “our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality.”