SENS. KENNEDY, EDWARDS JOIN STATE ORGANIZERS TO URGE PASSAGE OF MINIMUM...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Adams, Chair, Coloradans For A Fair Minimum Wage; Daniel Thompson, Chair, Give...Burga, Co-Chair Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage; Katie Gall, Co-Chair Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage; C.J. Prentiss, Minority Leader...

SEN. KENNEDY PRAISES PASSAGE OF FAIR MINIMUM WAGE ACT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......on the passage of the Fair Minimum Wage Act: "Today's vote was...FAIRNESS Senator Kennedy's Fair Minimum Wage Act would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour in three...An unacceptably low minimum wage is a key part of the...

Consequences of minimum wage indexing

Contemporary Economic Policy;  October 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......distribution would have been small. Many minimum wage workers are children living with parents...other earners. Consequently, 75% of minimum wage workers account for less than half of...the United States has legislated a minimum wage rate. The initial minimum wage was ...

REP. OBEY CONTINUES FIGHT FOR FAIR MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 18, 2006 ;     379 words ......to support an increase in the federal minimum wage. Looking at economic figures released...millions of working Americans earning the minimum wage are getting poorer. And this Congress...refusing to consider an increase in the minimum wage for the poorest in our country." "Nobody...of ...

AMERICAN WORKERS DESERVE A RAISE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 7, 2006 ;     378 words ......American workers who earn minimum wage their first raise since...have co-sponsored the Fair Minimum Wage Act, HR 2429, which would raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to...the bill. Raising the minimum wage is a matter of fairness...

REP. BARROW: 'THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE IS SHORTCHANGING TOO MANY WORKING...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 20, 2006 ;     679 words ......hour, the current minimum wage is shortchanging...vote H.R. 2429, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would...purchasing power of the minimum wage has decreased by...history of the nation's minimum wage, the only time that...Congress last raised the minimum ...

SEN. ROCKEFELLER COMMENDS RAISING OF FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE TO $7.25 AN HOUR...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2007 ;     312 words ......increase in the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7...times to increase the minimum wage since 1998. "With so many minimum wage workers acting as...breadwinner, increasing the minimum wage will finally relieve...their families." The Fair Minimum ...

Senate hopeful Brown pushes minimum wage hike campaign

Call & Post;  April 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......initiative to raise the minimum wage. Labor and Democrats...that would raise the minimum wage from its current...per hour. The Ohio Fair Minimum Wage amendment would raise...a more aggressive minimum wage raise. The federal minimum wage has not been ...

SEN. KENNEDY RESPOND TO PRESIDENT BUSH COMMENTS ON MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......statement in response to President Bush's minimum wage comments today: "In this election year...loud and clear in favor of raising the minimum wage. I'm glad that President Bush has endorsed my plan to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 to help millions of hardworking...should stand or ...

SEN. KENNEDY ISSUES STATEMENT ON MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Today's vote is a tremendous victory for minimum wage workers. We are one step closer to winning...Senate to do the same. Don't load up the minimum wage bill with poison pills. Don't use procedural...American people. It's long past time to give minimum wage workers a raise." RAISING ...

SEN. KENNEDY COMMENTS ON MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Today's vote is a tremendous victory for minimum wage workers. We are one step closer to winning...Senate to do the same. Don't load up the minimum wage bill with poison pills. Don't use procedural...American people. It's long past time to give minimum wage workers a raise." RAISING ...

SEN. KENNEDY STATEMENT ON MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Today's vote is a tremendous victory for minimum wage workers. We are one step closer to winning...Senate to do the same. Don't load up the minimum wage bill with poison pills. Don't use procedural...American people. It's long past time to give minimum wage workers a raise." RAISING ...

Higher minimum wage: try again next year.

Report on Literacy Programs;  October 28, 2004 ;     418 words ......effort to increase the minimum wage, which took center stage...to reintroduce his Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would increase the minimum wage, in stages, from the...favored raising the minimum wage, arguing the move would...

EDITORIAL: Fallacy of raising minimum wage.(Editorial)

Lima News (Lima, OH);  November 25, 2005 ;     365 words ......ballot to raise the state's minimum wage. It may seem a noble effort...work if they force the minimum wage higher. The free market...group called Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage wants to increase Ohio...estimate from Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage, 90,000 ...

Fair Minimum Wage Amendment Certified for Ohio Ballot

U.S. Newswire;  September 6, 2006 ;     380 words ......Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Fair Minimum Wage Amendment was officially certified...organization in the Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage is a coalition, along with...draft the amendment. The Ohio Fair Minimum Wage Amendment will appear before...