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Issue Position: Our Growth

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Business and Consumers Employment and Affirmative Action

We must grow the middle class by providing access to jobs with higher wages and by fighting income inequity. We must also provide the resources needed to support a robust local small business community so that it works for everyone.

North Carolina has not increased its minimum wage in over a decade. Currently our minimum wage is lower than that of all but two states. A person working full time at minimum wage cannot afford to rent an apartment anywhere in District 92. A raise in the state minimum wage will benefit our economy by allowing more funds to flow to local businesses.

Our goal is to recruit top talent and businesses to the region, but we must ensure that Charlotte residents are fully trained to be able to be hired by these companies.


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