Governor Quinn Statement on The Gap’s Move to Raise Its Employee Minimum Wage

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014.  Governor Quinn issued the following statement on The Gap, Inc.’s decision to raise its own minimum wage to $10 for all U.S. employees, a move that is expected to impact 65,000 American workers. The Gap has almost 40 Illinois locations:

“I applaud The Gap’s decision to be an industry trailblazer and pay all of its workers a minimum wage of $10 an hour.

“The Gap’s decision is the latest proof that many…