Showing posts with label Marc Morial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marc Morial. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

National Urban League’s Marc Morial: Inflation will impact Black working families the hardest

Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the key takeaways from the organizaiton’s 46th annual State of Black America report.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Obama meets with civil rights leaders

Civil rights leaders say they left a meeting with President Barack Obama convinced that he'll fight for jobs, worker training, a higher minimum wage and voting rights.

Rev. Al Sharpton says Tuesday's 90-minute White House meeting covered a range of concerns. One topic not discussed, however, was a new finding by congressional auditors that a higher minimum wage will boost pay for millions of people but cost about 500,000 jobs.

Obama and Democrats want Congress to raise the minimum wage. Republicans strongly oppose, saying jobs will be lost as a result.

National Urban League President Marc Morial told reporters afterward that his organization's research shows that a higher minimum wage won't cost jobs.

Obama recently signed an executive order raising the hourly minimum to $10.10 for federal contractors.