But labor and immigrant groups say many employers will pay the minimum wage with minimal benefits.
Of these 11 were earning over the minimum wage with five over £100,000.
Their crunchy, Portland-based employer, Alta Bicycle Share, pays well above minimum wage, with benefits that Morales said are excellent.
In all of these conversations, people talked about the higher minimum wage with palpable pride and enthusiasm.
Many of them are underpaid — sometimes even below minimum wage, with tips to "make up" the difference.
Gavin Kelly, the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, blogged earlier in the week that it is wrong to mix up the minimum wage with the living wage.
But to accompany a higher minimum wage with the largest-ever cuts to family incomes is cruel and perverse, and we must oppose them.
The country has been moving towards wider support for a higher minimum wage, with four ballot initiatives passing in Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota.
"Do you pay a living wage?" Many cruise ship employees work long hours for less than the minimum wage, with unionisation punishable by sacking.
Duncan Smith – who greeted Osborne's announcement of a large rise in the minimum wage with delight on Wednesday – rejected the IFS's analysis.
Some African workers say they are being paid just €2 (£1.72) an hour – €7.50 below the legal minimum wage – with no contract or health insurance.
