"Put the middle class first." That's the message today from a group called Americans United for Change. Members of the national group and local Democrats held a news conference in Davenport to talk about equal pay for women, college tuition, and raising the minimum wage.
Mayor Bill Gluba urges Iowans to vote for candidates who support increasing the minimum wage, and in Iowa, that's 300,000 people.
Gluba says the Iowa minimum wage hasn't been raised for five years.
Heidi Schultz, from Congresswoman Cheri Bustos' campaign, says nationally, average earnings for women working full time is 77 percent of men's earnings.
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Americans United for Change also support candidates who want to protect Social Security and Medicare from budget cuts.
Today's visit was the second Iowa stop for Americans United. Next stop for the "Put the Middle Class First" bus tour is Des Moines, then Red Oak.