Labor

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President Barack Obama will meet with the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island on Wednesday to discuss minimum wage. (Associated Press)

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Naquasia LeGrand sits walks through a parking lot at the apartment complex where she lives in the Carnarsie section of Brooklyn, on Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 in New York. A few months ago, LeGrand was just another worker on the line at KFC, boxing up chicken and cole slaw in hopes of earning enough to live in one of the nation's most expensive cities. But since being recruited by union organizers, the 22-year-old from south Brooklyn has become one of the most visible faces of a national movement demanding $15-an-hour wages for fast-food workers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Naquasia LeGrand walks to catch a subway for work on Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 in the Carnarsie section of Brooklyn, N.Y. A few months ago, LeGrand was just another worker on the line at KFC, boxing up chicken and cole slaw in hopes of earning enough to live in one of the nation's most expensive cities. But since being recruited by union organizers, the 22-year-old from south Brooklyn has become one of the most visible faces of a national movement demanding $15-an-hour wages for fast-food workers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Naquasia LeGrand sits on a subway, leaving her home in the Carnarsie section of Brooklyn to her KFC job in Manhattan, on Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 in New York. A few months ago, LeGrand was just another worker on the line at KFC, boxing up chicken and cole slaw in hopes of earning enough to live in one of the nation's most expensive cities. But since being recruited by union organizers, the 22-year-old from south Brooklyn has become one of the most visible faces of a national movement demanding $15-an-hour wages for fast-food workers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Naquasia LeGrand speaks during an interview on Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 in New York. A few months ago, LeGrand was just another worker on the line at KFC, boxing up chicken and cole slaw in hopes of earning enough to live in one of the nation's most expensive cities. But since being recruited by union organizers, the 22-year-old from south Brooklyn has become one of the most visible faces of a national movement demanding $15-an-hour wages for fast-food workers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 photo, Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas urges a crowd to work for the election defeat of socially conservative legislators during a rally at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Gay rights advocates aren’t content with simply blocking a measure they believed encouraged businesses and government workers to refuse to serve gays and lesbians. They’re seeking new protections against bias in hiring, employment, housing and public accommodations. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, the future USS Milwaukee hits the water during the christening ceremony at Marinette Marine Corporation, in Marinette, Wis. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s vision for leaner, more versatile military targeted the littoral combat ship, the marquee product of the city’s biggest employer. And that could mean lost jobs in Marinette, a city of roughly 11,000. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, H. Marc Larson, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2013 file photo, workers listen to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus speak at Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wis. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s vision for leaner, more versatile military targeted the littoral combat ship, the marquee product of the city’s biggest employer. And that could mean lost jobs in Marinette, a city of roughly 11,000. (AP Photo/The Green Bay Press-Gazette, H. Marc Larson, File)