Minimum Wage - More News
2007
HNR: More Twists and Turns for Increase in Minimum Wage (02/16/07) HNR: Minimum Wage Increase Inches Its Way to Becoming Law (02/05/07) CHN Statement on Passage of the Minimum Wage in the Senate (02/02/07) HNR: Overwhelming Minimum Wage Victory in the House (01/19/07) Testimony by Jared Bernstein, EPI: Tax Incentives for Businesses in Response to Minimum Wage Increase (1/10/07) Let Justice Roll Press Release on Minimum Wage (01/08/07) USCCB Letter to the House of Representatives (01/08/07) Let Justice Roll Sign On Letter to House of Representatives (01/05/07) The American Prospect: Keep It Clean - There's no good reason to lard the coming minimum wage bill with extraneous new tax cuts (01/03/07)
2006
Holly Sklar Op-Ed: Minimum wage breaks no-raise record (12/01/06) CBPP: Since Last Minimum Wage Increase, Congress Has Reduced Estate Tax Burdens Nine Times If No Further Action Is Taken, Estate Tax Exemption Will Still Increase by 2009 While Value of Minimum Wage Will Continue to Fall in Programs for Middle- and Low-Income Households(8/3/06) CBPP: Latest Data on Minimum Wage Workers and Taxable Estates, by State (8/4/06) CHN: The Sneak Attack on Restaurant Workers (8/1/06) CBPP: Buying Power of Minimum Wage at 51 Year Low (6/20/06) When Work Doesn't Pay: Minimum Wage Families in America (6/2/06) HNR: Action on the Minimum Wage in the Senate and the House (7/6/06)
2005
Cox News Service: Minimum Wage: A Yearlong Overview from Capitol Hill and Small Ohio Town (11/27/05) HNR: White House Forced to Back Down on Davis-Bacon Wage Protections (10/28/05) HNR: Washington Focuses on Aiding Gulf Coast Victims (9/16/05) Toledo Blade: Many Families Discover Minimum Wage Can't Cover Minimum Needs (9/6/05) Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Low Wage Workers Seen As Growing Force (8/18/05) USAToday: States Say $5.15 an Hour Too Little (5/30/05) NY Times Op-Ed: America Wants Economic Security (5/23/05) Stateline.org: States Give Minimum Wage Earners a Boost (5/17/05) HNR: Human Needs Community Fears Fallout From Nuclear Option (4/29/05) HNR: Congress Approves a Final Budget Resolution (4/29/05) LA Times: Wages Lagging Behind Prices and Healthcare Costs (4/11/05) Richmond Times Dispatch: Wage Limit Bill Fails in Panel (1/25/05) 2004
The Nation: A Moral Minimum Wage (12/6/04) NYTimes: Over Pataki Veto, Minimum Wage to Rise to $7.15 (12/7/04) BusinessWeek commentary: Minimum Wage: The States Get It (11/29/04) National Council of Churches: Religious Leaders Announce National Grassroots Campaign to Raise Wages at the Federal and State Levels (11/5/04) NYTimes: New York's Working Poor Are Losing Ground (11/12/04) EPI Press Statement: Economists Support Increase in Minimum Wage (10/7/04) Las Vegas CityLife: Minimum Wage Rage (9/24/04) NY Times: Minimum Wage Increase Supported by 94% of Voters (5/16/04) 2003
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