Bernie believes that full-time workers should not live in poverty, because of the low minimum wage they are receiving. He insists on increasing the minimum wage from 7.25 dollars to fifteen dollars an hour. To raise the minimum wage into a living wage he is going to do the following: propose a national fifteen-dollar minimum wage, introduce the Workplace Democracy Act, and be a strong collaborator with unions. Bernie also wants woman to be equally paid as a man for doing the same job, because he is a supporter of the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act according to his website is, “A proposed legislation to help close the gap between men’s and women’s earnings in the workforce.” He also has encouraged Obama’s administration to make sure that workers get overtime pay, because millions of employees work 50 to 60 hours a week and do not get overtime pay. With raising the minimum wage from 7.25 dollars to fifteen dollars Bernie can accomplish to reduce income and wealth