Joe Biden: It Is Long Past Time We Have a $15 Federal Minimum Wage

BIDEN corporate profits are ░░░░░░░░ to pay dividends to ░░░░░░░░ and blockbuster executive compensation ░░░░░░░░ and gentlemen they re ░░░░░░░░ the life out of ░░░░░░░░ today And by the ░░░░░░░░ making it harder to ░░░░░░░░ very basic needs stripping ░░░░░░░░ of your personal dignity ░░░░░░░░ the way You know ░░░░░░░░ s long been a ░░░░░░░░ on labor unions And ░░░░░░░░ pointed out today Mr ░░░░░░░░ you all are coming ░░░░░░░░ but here is the ░░░░░░░░ there s been another ░░░░░░░░ going on that hadn ░░░░░░░░ been noticed very much ░░░░░░░░ the ability of individuals ░░░░░░░░ be able to bargain ░░░░░░░░ their self worth Forty ░░░░░░░░ of workers today have ░░░░░░░░ sign a non compete ░░░░░░░░ Now it s one ░░░░░░░░ to have access to ░░░░░░░░ of a great technical ░░░░░░░░ you sign I won ░░░░░░░░ compete One day if ░░░░░░░░ have a business I ░░░░░░░░ going to sell and ░░░░░░░░ m not going to ░░░░░░░░ up next door when ░░░░░░░░ sell it to you ░░░░░░░░ a significant portion of ░░░░░░░░ people are hourly workers ░░░░░░░░ until I started hollering ░░░░░░░░ this if you worked ░░░░░░░░ Jimmy John s you ░░░░░░░░ to sign a non ░░░░░░░░ agreement so you wouldn ░░░░░░░░ walk across town and ░░░░░░░░ to get ten cents ░░░░░░░░ from McDonald s What ░░░░░░░░ this all about It ░░░░░░░░ only one purpose it ░░░░░░░░ to hold down the ░░░░░░░░ of individuals even to ░░░░░░░░ for their own self ░░░░░░░░ It s to keep ░░░░░░░░ low And it s ░░░░░░░░ Too many companies today ░░░░░░░░ their workers as managers ░░░░░░░░ labor fought to make ░░░░░░░░ that you re an ░░░░░░░░ worker you had to ░░░░░░░░ paid overtime What do ░░░░░░░░ do If you re ░░░░░░░░ person stacking spaghetti cans ░░░░░░░░ top of a shelf ░░░░░░░░ a supermarket but you ░░░░░░░░ the person who runs ░░░░░░░░ forklift to bring it ░░░░░░░░ they say you re ░░░░░░░░ a manager Ladies and ░░░░░░░░ it costs more than ░░░░░░░░ million hourly workers 1 ░░░░░░░░ billion last year And ░░░░░░░░ did it go It ░░░░░░░░ back into the pocket ░░░░░░░░ corporate America back into ░░░░░░░░ called the job creators ░░░░░░░░ when since when the ░░░░░░░░ workers in my state ░░░░░░░░ all the automobiles that ░░░░░░░░ gone they re gone ░░░░░░░░ since when were they ░░░░░░░░ job creators Today the ░░░░░░░░ people Mr Chairman they ░░░░░░░░ are job creators are ░░░░░░░░ It s ridiculous And ░░░░░░░░ speaking of overtime it ░░░░░░░░ long past time we ░░░░░░░░ a 15 federal minimum ░░░░░░░░ long past time Cheering ░░░░░░░░ Applause Folks no it ░░░░░░░░ is.”