<div class='node-body'><p>Marking the third anniversary since the last national minimum wage increase, low-paid workers and living-wage advocates across the country on Tuesday are calling out for a renewed focus on the paltry, sub-poverty earnings that millions of Americans are expected to get by on.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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