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Biden faces questions about commitment to minimum wage hike

by Will WeissertAlexandra Jaffe
| February 15, 2021 1:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Union activist Terrence Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per hour minimum wage almost a decade ago. Nearly a year into the pandemic, the idea isn't so funny.

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