Multiple minimums: Congress hasn't raised the federal minimum wage in...

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...

DOL Announces Federal Minimum Wage to Increase on Labor Day

U.S. Newswire;  August 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ......29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The federal minimum wage for hourly workers will increase...the new minimum wage? The federal minimum wage increases to $5.15 an hour...wage to $5.15. When was the federal minimum wage last increased? How often...

Using regional variation in wages to measure the effects of the federal...

Industrial and Labor Relations Review;  October 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......traditional criticisms of a federal minimum wage policy is that it imposes...under-appreciated asset. A rise in the federal minimum wage will typically affect a larger...the April 1990 rise in the federal minimum wage to evaluate the effects of...

REP. OBEY APPLAUDS FIRST INCREASE OF FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE IN A DECADE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2007 ;     276 words ......the first increase of the federal minimum wage in a decade. As the Chairman...nearly seventy years ago. The federal minimum wage will continue to rise incrementally...6.50 an hour. Raising the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour...

AFTER TEN LONG YEARS, HOUSE INCREASES FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     435 words ......of 2007. H.R. 2 raises the federal minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to Oregon...without an increase in the federal minimum wage. It is immoral that Congress...would have increased the federal minimum wage as called for H.R. 2. However...

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

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2007 ;     247 words ......Capps celebrated the first federal minimum wage increase in a decade after...country. The measure raises the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 in three...7.50. The increase in the federal minimum wage will also help prevent other...

Federal minimum wage increase faces little resistance

University Wire;  November 17, 2006 ;     512 words ......Congress is expected to raise the federal minimum wage when the new session begins in January. This increase in minimum wage, considered long overdue by some...with Democrats on increasing the minimum wage, support for such an increase is...

REP. BRALEY SALUTES FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2007 ;     190 words ......regarding today's increase in the federal minimum wage, the first since 1997: "An...starting today, when the federal minimum wage increases to $5.85 an hour. By July 2009, the federal minimum wage will be $7.25 an hour.

FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 12, 2007 ;     288 words ......issued the following blog entry: The federal minimum wage was first enacted as part of the Fair...to revisit the FLSA and increase the minimum wage. This was last done in 1997 when the minimum wage was raised to $5.15 per hour. Supporters...

SEN. CLINTON ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO LINK CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISES WITH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 20, 2006 ;     357 words ......pay increases to increases in the federal minimum wage. In addition to gradually raising the federal minimum wage, the bill would also require the federal minimum wage to be increased by the same percentage...

REP. MATSUI VOTES TO INCREASE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     314 words ......Representatives to raise the federal minimum wage as part of the First...will increase the minimum wage by $2.10 over two...states raised the federal minimum wage long ago, Congress...to increase the federal minimum wage by an overwhelming...

RAISING FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BAD IDEA.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......COLUMNIST WASHINGTON -- A federal minimum wage is an idea whose time came...Depression. Today, raising the federal minimum wage is a bad idea whose time...enrollment to drop 2 percent. The federal minimum wage has not been raised since...

Federal minimum wage goes up Three 70-cent increases will raise pay from...

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 24, 2007 ;     369 words ......in their pockets as the minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85...longest span without a federal minimum wage increase since the pay...Bush in May increases the federal minimum wage 70 cents each summer until 2009, when all minimum-wage jobs will pay no ...

WAGE WATCH THE LATEST EFFORT TO GET A FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 13, 2006 ;     550 words ......much-needed boost in the minimum wage to a massive tax cut...that effort. Putting a minimum wage hike that is so necessary...Main Street as well. A minimum wage hike is sorely needed and long overdue. The federal minimum wage, which stands at $5...to increases in ...

AN UPSIDE TO A FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BOOST

Roanoke Times & World News;  January 31, 2007 ;     469 words ......commentary on the federal minimum wage by Andrew Cassel...related to the minimum wage issue economically...reduced if the federal minimum wage is raised...increase in the minimum wage within a given state. If the federal minimum wage ...