NJ Democrats begin Christie end-run on minimum wage

TRENTON – Democratic state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bid to have voters next year decide whether the minimum wage should be increased to $10.10 per hour, over Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s objections — with additional hikes to be phased in over a four-year period.

A resolution proposing a constitutional amendment has been scheduled for a public hearing Thursday by Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester.

It was only last week when Christie in a pre-Labor Day veto ceremony killed Democrats’ effort to gradually raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Christie at that time said he expected Democrats to respond with another push.

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