Christie Has 'Head in Sand' on Minimum Wage, Labor Chief Says
The Obama administration wants to raise the minimum wage, but Republicans aren't convinced.
Labor Secretary Tom Perez
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has “got his head in the sand” when it comes to the plight of minimum-wage earners in his state, U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez said.
“I’ve met with minimum-wage workers in New Jersey,” Perez said today at a Bloomberg News event in Washington. “I’ve met with folks who -- the only raise they got, they’re baggage handlers at Newark Airport, and the only raise they got was when the voters increased the minimum wage.”