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Mayor Emanuel Statement Regarding State Minimum Wage Legislation

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued the following statement yesterday after the Illinois State Senate Executive Committee passed legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $11 and maintain the Mayor’s plan to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 by 2019.

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“I strongly support this bill, because no one who works should ever struggle to reach the middle class or be forced to raise a child in poverty,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Just as…

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