In American history, minimum wage is relatively new. It was established after the Industrial Revolution and just before World War II to ensure that American workers were given a wage on which to live. To… More »
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A federal minimum wage was first set in 1938. The graph shows nominal (blue diamonds) and real (red squares) minimum wage values. Nominal values range from $0.25/hr in 1938 to $6.55/hr as of July 2008. The graph adjusts these wages to 2007 dollars (red squares) to show the real value of the minimum wage.
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Congress is currently considering raising the minimum wage by $1.50, from $5.15 ... Acorn: Living Wage Resource Center: Pro-living wage site that includes a brief history of the national living wage movement, background materials such as ordinance summaries and comparisons, drafting tips, research summaries, talking points,
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The history of minimum wage from 1956-2002 ... Va executes killer ... Gloucester septic deal goes down the drain...
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Minimum wage history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The history of minimum wage is about the attempts and measures governments have made to introduce a standard amount of periodic pay below which employers could not let their workers fall. In 1824 in...
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Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
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new minimum wage ... percentage of increase over previous wage ... View or download wage orders...
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History of Minimum Wage Rates ... January 1, 1981 78-23% of minimum wage ... You are here: DOL Web Site Wage and Workplace Standards History of Minimum Wage Rates...
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D.C. Dept. of Employment Services, Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992 and Minimum Wage Emergency Amendment Act of 2004, www.does.dc.gov; ... For information on higher minimum wage states: Center for American Progress, John Alexander Burton and Amy Hanauer, ... For history of state minimum wage rates see:
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