Prominent Dems take to Twitter to #RaiseTheWage

Today, October 10th, or 10/10, has been deemed "National Minimum Wage Day" by Labor Secretary Tom Perez.

US Secretary of Labor Tom Perez speaks in Washington on Oct. 24, 2013.
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By Emily Samsel, Emily Samsel

Today, October 10, or 10/10, has been deemed "National Minimum Wage Day" by Labor Secretary Tom Perez. Perez, along with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and countless other prominent Democrats — and even a few Republicans — are on a Twitter campaign to #RaiseTheWage to $10.10 an hour. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25.

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