Washington, DC – On January 1st, the minimum wage will increase in seven states, modestly boosting the incomes of approximately 647,000 minimum wage workers in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
Minimum Wage Buys Less Today Than 1956
- $8.27: 1956
- $10.34:1968
- $7.25: 2011
In 2011 Dollars
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LJR in the News
- Minimum wage jumps to $7.70 an hour today [in Ohio] Sandusky Register
- CEOs to Workers: More for me, less for you McClatchy-Tribune News Service
- Beep.... Illinois minimum wage flatlines Chicago Reporter
- Minimum Wage, Labor Investigations Targets Of Missouri Republicans Huffington Post
- Bills could increase wages for local tipped workers The Sentinel (Maryland)
- Religious leaders, labor activists urge [Illinois] minimum wage hike Northwest Indiana Times
- Demonstrators gathered in St. Louis to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin KSDK
- Group Pushes To Increase Minimum Wage WJZ CBS Baltimore
State News
- Minimum wage jumps to $7.70 an hour today [in Ohio] Sandusky Register
- Fair Wages for New Yorkers Campaign
- A Living Wage, Long Overdue New York Times
- In Gilded City, Living Wage Proposal Still Stirs Fears New York Times
- San Francisco to be first city in US history to set minimum wage over $10 San Francisco Examiner
- Eat Ethically - 1st Annual ROC National Diners' Guide 2012
- Business leaders pad pay while cheering plight of low-wage earners St. Louis Post Dispatch
- Four States Announce Minimum Wage Increases National Employment Law Center
- CEOs to Workers: More for me, less for you McClatchy-Tribune News Service
- Illinoisans Call for Minimum Wage Increase In These Times





