Oliver, Williams Seek Higher NJ Minimum Wage

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, a Democrat from East Orange, testifies before the Assembly Labor Committee about a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.50 an hour in July from $7.25. Lakisha Williams, a 29-year-old single mother from Newark, talks with reporters about the importance of passing the minimum wage legislation. (Source: Bloomberg)