N.J. congressman launches fight to raise U.S. minimum wage to $15 an hour

NJ.com. By Michelle Caffrey

..."Something is fundamentally wrong when hard-working Americans go to work and they can't pull themselves out of poverty," said Norcross after he laid out statistics that show a single person working at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 full-time, 52 weeks a year, who takes no holidays or sick days, still falls below the federal poverty line.

...Under the legislation, Norcross -- who represents Camden County as well as parts of Gloucester and Burlington counties -- is proposing, the federal minimum wage would bump up 75 cents in the first year to $8 an hour and increase $1 a year until it hits $15.

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