The battle over the federal minimum wage is escalating as the U.S. House voted in January to raise it from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour over 26 months, with the Senate working on its own version of a...
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Feb 1 2007
Sojourners
A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
The 2006 election, in which voters approved minimum wage increases in every state that put the issue on the ballot, is good news for all who are committed to...
Feb 1 2007
Daily News
Albor Ruiz, Daily News (NY). Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News, 2/1/07
The Senate is...
Jan 30 2007
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON
-- A Democratic proposal to increase the federal minimum wage cleared
one hurdle in the U.S. Senate Tuesday on an 87-10 vote.
...
Jan 30 2007
Washington Post, 1/30/07
The chief executive of Costco Wholesale, the nation's largest wholesale
club, yesterday became the most prominent member of a new organization
of business owners and executives pressing Congress to approve an
increase in the federal minimum wage...
Jan 30 2007
Associated Press
America's businesses are at odds over minimum wage legislation, but the rift has little to do with a $2.10 hourly raise.
...
Jan 29 2007
Costco CEO, Small
Business Majority, US Women's Chamber of Commerce, Business Leaders Nationwide
Urge Senate To Raise Minimum Wage
...
Jan 29 2007
TomPaine.com
Chuck Collins is a
senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is co-author of the
forthcoming book, The Moral Measure of the Economy.
...
Jan 19 2007
Washington, DC -- Business owners and executives across the nation are telling Congress that a $5.15 minimum wage hurts business, workers and the...
Jan 16 2007
Chicago Tribute
Cox News Service,
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The House passed a bill raising the minimum wage last week. If the...
