'We suck. We really do,' Labor secretary says about minimum wage
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Labor Secretary Tom Perez isn't mincing words when it comes to describing the U.S. federal minimum wage.
“I mean, we suck ... We really do,” Perez said of the $7.25 minimum hourly wage, one of the lowest among developed nations.
Perez's remarks, delivered at a Bloomberg News event and reported by the publication, were delivered in response to Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comment Monday at a Chamber of Commerce event that he was “tired of hearing about the minimum wage.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Chris Christie’s got his head in the sand if he’s getting tired about the minimum wage,” said Perez, who has recently conducted a tour across the U.S. meeting with minimum wage workers. The tour involved talking to minimum wage workers in New Jersey who, he said, need a legislated pay raise.