Today, Amalgamated Bank announced that it will raise wages for all of its employees to $15 an hour [effective immediately], and in doing so, challenged the rest of the banking industry to follow in its footsteps to ensure more Americans have jobs they can sustain a family on...  CEO Keith Mestrich explained “A livable minimum wage is not only the right thing to do—it’s also good business. As one of the highest grossing industries, it is simply unacceptable that a significant portion of bank workers rely on public assistance...” [also refers to Capital One, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Target, Walmart]