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2011 American Values Survey: Widespread support for raising minimum wage to $10
Public Religion Research Institute
Nov 8 2011
Overall, two-thirds (67%) of Americans favor increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.00 an hour.
  • Majorities of nearly every demographic group—with the exception of the Tea Party members (41%) and those who most trust...
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"We are determined ... to work and fight until justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream." - Quote at King Memorial.
Oct 16 2011 Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign
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Four States Announce Minimum Wage Increases
Oct 3 2011 National Employment Law Center

Minimum wage cost of living adjustments effective Jan. 1, 2012 in Colorado, Montana, Ohio, and Washington will give thousands of workers a wage boost ranging from 28 to 37...

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Singing Together, But All Off Key - Debunking Attacks on Alan Krueger Minimum Wage Research
John Schmitt
Aug 31 2011 Center for Economic and Policy Research

According to several conservative bloggers and columnists, back in the 1990s...

Singing Together, But All Off Key
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CEOs to Workers: More for me, less for you
Holly Sklar
Jul 22 2011 McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Big company CEOs got a 23 percent raise last year and corporate profits are at record highs. But the minimum wage has less buying power now than in 1956 – the year...

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The Economic Power of and Popular Support for Raising the Minimum Wage
Lake Research Partners
Jun 7 2011
The public overwhelmingly supports raising the minimum wage and that support is reinforced in the current weak recovery. The public intuitively understands the minimum wage and consistently strongly approves of efforts to raise it by large...
The Economic Power of and Popular Support for Raising the Minimum Wage
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Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Increase Unemployment
Jun 1 2011
Read the Research Summaries by the National Employment Law Project or the Full Studies by Arindrajit Dube, William Lester and Michael Reich and by Sylvia Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube and Michael Reich.

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A Minimum Wage Increase
Mar 27 2011 New York Times
As the nation grapples with a jobs crisis and unemployment hovers near 9 percent, it is easy for policy makers to forget the plight of those who work but earn very little. There are about 4.4 million workers earning the minimum wage or less,...
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The Impact of City-Specific Minimum Wage Standards
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Mar 22 2011

Washington, DC – City...

The Impact of City-Specific Minimum Wage Standards
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Bills could increase wages for local tipped workers
Andrew Damstedt
Mar 16 2011 The Sentinel (Maryland)
A job creator or a job killer is the debate circling two bills that would raise the minimum wage.

A bill backed by Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Fort Washington, in Congress would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees, while...
Bills Could Increase Wages for Local Tipped Workers
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