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Minimum Wage Buys Less Today Than 1956
- $8.02: 1956
- $10.03:1968
- $7.25: 2010
In 2010 Dollars
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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