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Rachel Greszler from the conservative Heritage Foundation writes that low wage-workers and the economy at large are hurt more than helped by upping the minimum wage. Opinion: Increasing the ...
Over Time, Inflation Puts the ‘Minimum’ in Minimum Wage. Inflation gives every worker in America the opposite of a raise every minute of every day by reducing the purchasing power of the ...
A recent Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis found that after adjusting for inflation, the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is now worth less than at any point since 1956. The ...
History of the US federal minimum wage. Lower line is nominal dollars.Top line is inflation-adjusted. [1] [2]The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 [3] is a US Act of Congress that amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.
In the 2010s, an uprising by underpaid fast-food workers led to a national movement for a $15 minimum wage. Today, that movement has led to a push by mainstream Democrats to make that dream a ...
A bill in New York would raise the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026, and then adjust it each year going forward for inflation. Right now, minimum wage workers in New York City get paid $15 ...
If there is no objection, the new minimum wage will then take effect from January 1. The minimum wage committee decided to raise the minimum wage in 2018 by 16.4% from the previous year to 7,530 won (US$7.03) per hour. This is the largest increase since 2001 when it was increased by 16.8%.
But still, there is already a foot-long list of overdue federal policy changes that would at least begin to fortify our future and reknit the safety net. Even amid the awfulness of our political moment, we can start to build a platform to rally around. Raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.