6 Quotes by James Hardway

Less than 3 percent of workers make straight minimum wage.

From our point of view, the main sticking point was the issue of allowing persons to come in and sue state agencies (and those receiving state funding) for not providing either an interpreter or vital documents translated.

I think you'll find that minimum wage is pretty much dictated by the market.

When it rained in the month of March, work on the work sites stopped.

The tick up in the unemployment rate largely had to do with the fact that we had construction workers who basically had to file because of the rain and the stormy weather. When we have inclement weather like that, construction workers are not likely to work on the site. The majority that filed came from that industry.

The issue now is whether the Legislature is willing to commit large amounts of money to ensure that language access services are provided.