Rev. Paul Sherry
Board Member and Founding Director
Let Justice Roll
12700 Lake Avenue, #1612
Lakewood, OH 44107
Phone: 216-571-0819
Minimum Wage Buys Less Today Than 1956
- $8.02: 1956
- $10.03:1968
- $7.25: 2010
In 2010 Dollars
Multimedia
LJR in the News
- Stop making this issue a political football; be fair to workers Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Value Workers to Build Economy Hammond Daily Star (La.)
- How hot is it? Well, since you asked ... Courier Tribune (NC)
- $7.25 -- still the minimum wage one year later Kansas City Star
- No Happy Anniversary for Minimum Wage Workers July 24: Value of minimum wage lower than 1956; Faith, community, business coalition calls for raise
- Stuck on $7.25 Religious Action Center RAC Blog
- [Nashville Metro] Council approves $1.5B budget [with living wage] The Tennessean
- Council Takes Up Living Wage The Tennessean
State News
- Stop making this issue a political football; be fair to workers Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Value Workers to Build Economy Hammond Daily Star (La.)
- How hot is it? Well, since you asked ... Courier Tribune (NC)
- No Happy Anniversary for Minimum Wage Workers July 24: Value of minimum wage lower than 1956; Faith, community, business coalition calls for raise
- Living wage laws don't hurt employers Baltimore Sun
- [Nashville Metro] Council approves $1.5B budget [with living wage] The Tennessean
- Council Takes Up Living Wage The Tennessean
- Move is morally, economically right The Tennessean
- Fair Wages for New Yorkers Campaign
- Group aims to raise minimum wage for tipped workers Gainesville Times