Hillary Clinton Believes in a $15 Minimum Wage for All Workers

Including those who earn tips

Following her victory over Tuesday's primaries, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is taking a major stand on labor. The presidential candidate spoke last night outside the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, where she came out in favor of hiking the federal minimum wage to $15, reports DNAinfo.

Clinton also called for an end to tipped wages, proclaiming America the "only industrialized country in the world that requires tipped workers to take home their income in tips, instead of wages." (Many states have two different minimum wages, with a lower hourly rate for tipped workers.) She praised New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who's been fighting to raise his own state's minimum wage to $15 an hour across the board.

Clinton has previously been vocal about her support for the Fight for $15 movement, but this is the first time she's voiced support for a federal minimum wage at that level; as recently as last November, she recommended raising the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25, to $12 an hour.

The candidate's new proclamation is sure to spark conversation in the restaurant industry; many employers have spoken out against minimum wage hikes, saying they simply can't justify paying higher wages unless something else gives.

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