Affleck backs Kennedy push for wage hike; Actor supports senator on bill...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 30, 2004 ;     401 words ......bring the Fair Minimum Wage Act to the Senate...raise the national minimum wage from $5.15 to $7 per hour within two years...first boost in the minimum wage in seven years...increase in the minimum wage would help more...clothing on $5.15 an hour - $10,700 ...

Wage debate tops agenda for Congress; Democrats want to raise the federal...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......increasing the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour. The step would...Minnesota, where the minimum wage is currently $6.15 an hour. It would be the...Columbia already have a minimum wage higher than $5.15 an hour, according to the...

California Libertarians Suggest Raising Minimum Wage to $100 Per Hour

U.S. Newswire;  October 27, 2000 ;     394 words ......demanding an increase in the minimum wage to at least $100 per hour, the Libertarian Party...the country, $11 per hour. The federal minimum wage, set in 1997, is $5...let's increase the minimum wage to $100 per hour." Under the Libertarian...

Minimum wage set to rise to pounds 5.52 per hour.(Business)

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 8, 2007 ;     613 words ......Business Staff The minimum wage is to increase by 17p an hour to pounds 5.52...Darling said the minimum wage had now gone up...little as 35p an hour, cleaners pounds 1.30 an hour and security guards pounds 2.25 an hour, which was bad for...am proud of the minimum ...

GOV. BLAGOJEVICH REMINDS ILLINOIS WORKERS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASING TO $7.50...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......legislation boosting Illinois' minimum wage to $7.50 an hour - $2.35 higher than the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour - with incremental increases...The new law boosts Illinois' minimum wage from $6.50 an hour to $7.50 an hour, with further...

GOV. BLAGOJEVICH REMINDS ILLINOIS WORKERS OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......2006 boosting Illinois' minimum wage to $7.50 an hour with an additional 25...Blagojevich. Raising the minimum wage to $7.75 an hour will generate an additional...will enforce a higher minimum wage of $7.75 an hour in Illinois, so both...

GOV. RENDELL COMMENTS ON CHANGES TO PENNSYLVANIA'S MINIMUM WAGE LAW...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2008 ;     390 words ......currently $7.15 per hour. The federal minimum wage increased today to...regular Pennsylvania minimum wage of $7.15 per hour must be paid. Employers...size, to $7.25 per hour. Updated information on minimum wage is available in a user-friend...

Minimum wage may get chance in Arizona: $6.75 per hour proposal expected...

AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  June 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......wage law. The federal minimum wage, now at $5.15 an hour, hasn't been increased...to enact the highest minimum wage in the nation, $8.25 an hour. Besides Arizona, up...would establish a state minimum wage of $6.75 an hour -- a 30 percent raise...

Kerry suggests raising minimum wage to $7/hour

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 19, 2004 ;     605 words ......called for raising the minimum wage to $7 an hour by 2007, saying the...increase in the $5.15 minimum wage could lift millions...minimum wage of $7 an hour would be enough...an increase in the minimum wage even though they make...

Raising the minimum wage to $6.15 per hour will cut entry-level jobs for...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 11, 1998 ;     526 words ......year after increasing the minimum wage to $5.15 per hour, President Clinton wants...living, why not boost the minimum wage to $16 an hour, or $60? Why should anybody...entry-level jobs, raising the minimum wage to $6.15 an hour would add about $6.5 billion...

Increase minimum wage to $9.36 an hour.(Triad)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  March 21, 2007 ;     669 words ......The Greensboro Minimum Wage Campaign seeks...would raise the minimum wage in the city to $9.36 an hour. Raising the minimum wage to a level that...that raising the minimum wage eliminates low-payi...of $5.15 per hour. Small businesses...The Greensboro ...

MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL PASSES CITY COUNCIL OKS EVENTUAL HIKE TO $7.75 AN...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  March 31, 2004 ;     569 words ......council raised the minimum wage for most workers from $5.15 an hour to at least $7...from $2.33 an hour to $3.50 by 2008...Starting in 2008, the minimum wage will be adjusted...That means the minimum wage would be $7.75 an hour plus an increase...

Rhode Island House Approves Bill Setting Minimum Wage at $5 per...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 4, 1996 ;     700+ words ......4--Rhode Island's minimum wage would increase to $5 an hour next year -- one of...recently raised its minimum wage to $4.75 an hour without enduring any...the nation's highest minimum wage at $5.05 per hour. Under federal law...

Oregon to raise minimum wage to $7.80 per hour.

Bulletin (Bend, OR);  September 17, 2006 ;     220 words ......2007, Oregon's minimum wage will increase to $7.80 per hour, Oregon Labor...current state minimum wage is $7.50 per hour, the second-highest...California's minimum wage will rise to $8 per hour. The Oregon minimum wage is annually adjusted...

Minimum Wage Increases to $7.01 an Hour on Jan. 1

Yakima Herald-Republic;  October 1, 2002 ;     167 words ......in the current $6.90 per hour minimum wage. The minimum wage applies...minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is $5.15 an hour. Alaska has just adopted...system that will boost its minimum wage from $5.65 an hour to $7.15 on Jan. 1. ...