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    US Labor Department‏Verified account @USDOL 20 Oct 2014

    "Since Gap announced its pay hike, applications are up 24%. That’s not a coincidence." -@LaborSec Perezpic.twitter.com/6AbCs9CXV2

    10:40 AM - 20 Oct 2014
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    • Cecilio Padilla Huw Griffiths Gap Inc. Nick Zach Robertson Abbas Ali Tri County Workforce Andy Bowman Sarah Freed
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      1. Gap Inc.‏Verified account @GapInc 20 Oct 2014
        Replying to @USDOL

        @USDOL Thank you, @LaborSec Perez, for celebrating our business decision to raise our U.S. minimum hourly rate. #letsdomore

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      1. Chad Hagan‏ @Caedda10 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec Then let each business decide for themselves. Doesn't mean you should mandate it for all.

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      2. MGD‏ @mgd4161 20 Oct 2014
        Replying to @USDOL

        @USDOL @DaleF3 @LaborSec Yes were all slaves to the business class. Slaves don't have the right to stand up for themselves!

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      3. mark Neal‏ @newgoose73 20 Oct 2014
        Replying to @mgd4161

        @mgd4161 @USDOL @DaleF3 @LaborSec lets get rid of the #gop and bring back our right to stand united in our jobs #endslavery

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      1. DarcyDarcyDarcy‏ @DFVierow 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec Any word on when they're going to raise prices?

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      1. Landlvr‏ @Landlvr 20 Oct 2014
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        How many entry level, no experience, first time job seekers did you hire at that wage? @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec

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      1. Jim Rice‏ @EdTechJimmy 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec Great that they have the option of doing this for their employees. Not every employer does.@GapInc

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      1. Jim Thornburg‏ @GrimJimCrowley 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec But is Gap hiring more? Applications are up but can they afford to emply all of those people?

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      1. residencyready@gmail‏ @residencyready 28 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec http://www.change.org/p/florida-health-department-do-not-outsource-american-jobs-when-americans-qualify-for-them …

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      1. Great Gov Tweets‏ @GreatGovTweets 21 Oct 2014
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        @usdol Congratulations on writing a great gov tweet! http://shiningsea.measuredvoice.com/usdol/status/524253719991713794 … (Ranked 22nd for Oct 20.)

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      1. bluenbrown 🇺🇸 ❌ 🚜 🙏🏻 🛐 ✝️ ⚔️‏ @buelbrown 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec so why are people with jobs applying. Get welfare to work as a requirement

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      1. C.J. Waldron‏ @waldroncj 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec clearly it's not bad for ALL businesses, but let's let businesses decide what's best, not the government.

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      1. Steve V.‏ @saITgeek 20 Oct 2014
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        . @USDOL @LaborSec Nope, that's people looking for higher paying job. But applications don't equal hired employees. What happened to hiring?

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      1. Billp‏ @svaz_tweet 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec And every time the news announces the lotto is north of $100M, sales go through the roof - whoopteedo.

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      1. Lance‏ @lerpost008 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec A business raising it's minimum pay rate of its own free will is the opposite of the government forcing it in.

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      1. mescidiaksa Kabemdir‏ @hakahakqa 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec abd ingiltere israil vatikan papa franchise obama ingiltere kralicesi elizabeth terörist illuminati terörist

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      1. John W Grover‏ @DidymusRex 20 Oct 2014
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        @USDOL @WhiteHouse @LaborSec but what about revenue?

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