Labor

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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2013 file photo visitors look at the Detroit Industry Murals by the Diego Rivera at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit. National and local foundations have committed more than $330 million toward the pensions for Detroit’s public workers in an effort to stave off the sale of city owned art masterpieces as part of a historic bankruptcy, mediators said Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrive for a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing to discuss the need to create jobs. Miller, the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee and a longtime confidant of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014 after four decades in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - This Jan. 26, 2011 file photo shows Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., speaking during a news conference about the BP oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Miller, the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee and a longtime confidant of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014 after four decades in Congress. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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In a Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 photo, employees of the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel wait in line during an employment job fair at the property in Atlantic City, NJ. The casino will close on Jan. 13, 2014, leaving thousands of unemployed workers in its wake. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Michael Ein)

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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner speaks at a news conference in Chicago. The minimum wage debate could be top issue on 2014 campaign trail. Evidence of that came this week as Rauner, a venture capitalist, backtracked from past comments saying he’d advocate cutting the rate. He emerged last week as as the Republican candidate most open to raising the minimum wage, telling The Associated Press he’d be comfortable with up to $10 an hour if either the national rate is raised or Illinois reforms workers compensation. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2013 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, left, and Illinois state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, both Republican candidates for governor in 2014, speak with supporters at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill. The minimum wage debate could be top issue on 2014 campaign trail. Both Brady and Rutherford said they're against raising the minimum wage, according to candidate questionnaires from the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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FILE - In this July 15, 2013 file photo, Republican state Sen. Kirk Dillard officially announces his run for Illinois governor in 2014 outside his childhood home in Chicago. The minimum wage debate could be top issue on 2014 campaign trail. Dillard said that considering the state’s high unemployment and fiscal problems, raising the rate would be too big of a risk. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago. The debate on raising Illinois’ minimum wage _ an issue that’s percolated for years _ could take center stage throughout the 2014 election season as Quinn vows to get legislation approved in Springfield by year’s end and Republicans work to fine tune their stances. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)