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Fri Dec 20, 2019, 09:07 PM Dec 2019

Morgan says he's ready to 'go to war' for a ballot measure to raise Florida's minimum wage

By Lloyd Dunkelberger


A day after the Florida Supreme Court approved a $15-an-hour minimum wage ballot measure, Orlando lawyer John Morgan says he is ready to “go to war” for the working poor in Florida to pass the proposal in the 2020 general election.

“What I’m fixing to do is go to war on behalf of the working poor in Florida. I have no intention of ever running for political office. I have no intention of ever doing one of these ever again,” Morgan said during a press conference Friday in Orlando. “This is, without question, my last crusade, and I’m going to give it everything I have.”

Morgan said he expects opposition from business groups and Republican political leaders.

“If you have a better idea than my idea, do something. Put up or shut up. Unless you believe that it’s fair that the minimum wage is going to go this year from $8.46 an hour to $8.56 an hour [in January]. A dime. A dime raise,” Morgan said. “Is a constitutional amendment the perfect way to address the minimum wage? Of course not. But it’s the only way.”

Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2019/12/20/morgan-says-hes-ready-to-go-to-war-for-a-ballot-measure-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage/

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