Article: REP. CAPPS CELEBRATES FIRST FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN TEN YEARS

Article: The stakes of raising the federal minimum ...
Units;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to pass legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage. The federal minimum wage, which is currently set at $5.15 per ... longest period without an increase since the federal minimum wage was created in 1938. House Speaker Nancy ...

Article: DOL Announces Federal Minimum Wage to ...
U.S. Newswire;  August 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... S. Newswire/ -- The federal minimum wage for hourly workers will increase ... Act established our first federal minimum wage at 25 cents an hour. Since ... the new minimum wage? The federal minimum wage increases to $5.15 an ...

Article: Multiple minimums: Congress hasn't raised the federal ...
New York Times Upfront;  February 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... minimum wage? * Should the federal minimum wage be structured according to ... minimum wage. FAST FACTS * The federal minimum wage for workers under 20 is ... links to questions about the federal. minimum wage and related wage and labor ...

Article: REP. JEFFERSON PRAISES MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE - ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 22, 2007 ;     618 words ... ... today commemorated the first federal minimum wage increase in a decade after ... Democrats pledged to raise the minimum wage. We made good on our promise ... have seen an increase in the federal minimum wage-the longest increase gap ...

Article: CBPP: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Priorities: Unhappy Anniversary: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Eighth ... minimum-wage workers. The federal minimum wage has remained at $5.15 ... the Average Wage Since the federal minimum wage was first established in ...

Article: STATE REP. MICON NOTES THAT INDIANA'S LOWER-INCOME WORKERS WILL ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... thanks to changes in state and federal minimum wage laws that take effect in ... Indiana's minimum wage to the federal minimum wage starting on July 1. Both ... states following. Since the federal minimum wage has not been increased since ...

Article: New Federal Minimum Wage & Posting ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  June 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... other things, increases the federal minimum wage from $5.15 in three steps ... These increases are the first federal minimum wage hike in ten years. As such ... required to post an updated federal minimum wage poster advising employees ...