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Minimum Wage
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The $7.25 Minimum Wage Is Too Low for 21st Century America
On July 24, 2009, America's minimum wage went up from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour. It hasn't changed since.
Raising the Minimum Wage Is Cheap and Easy
At the current rate of $7.25 an hour, a full-time, year-round worker would have gross pay of less than $15,000 a year.
The Labor Law Reform We Need
When the next opportunity for labor law reform arrives, union membership will be smaller and our political clout even more diminished. If we are to succeed, future reform proposals …
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House Democrats Propose Increasing Minimum Wage to $10
A group of House Democrats have proposed increasing the minimum wage to $10, which, as Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pointed out would allow the wage to u201ccatch upu201d …