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Fight for 15: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Drastically Reduce Poverty

April 14, 2015 | by Michelle Jackson

fight for 15

The author amid a sea of fellow ralliers

 

 

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Michelle Jackson is the Associate Director & General Counsel for the Human Services Council

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