DOL Announces Federal Minimum Wage to Increase on Labor Day

U.S. Newswire;  August 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ......rising. This minimum wage increase will...passed Fair Labor Standards Act established...The federal minimum wage increases to...The federal minimum wage provisions are...in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Why did the minimum wage need to ...

FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 12, 2007 ;     288 words ......blog entry: The federal minimum wage was first enacted as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Although...the FLSA and increase the minimum wage. This was last done in 1997 when the minimum wage was raised to $5.15 per...Supporters of raising the ...

Ms. Foundation Pushes for Minimum-Wage Raise.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ......29--The Fair Labor Standards Act turned 65...pushing raises for minimum-wage workers. The New...act. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed...set the national minimum wage at 25 cents an...increases to the minimum wage. According to the U.S. Department of ...

MINIMUM WAGE IS IT NECESSARY? TOO LOW?

Evansville Courier & Press;  June 29, 2003 ;     685 words ......then diminishes the idea behind the minimum wage, which was initially intended to help...Employers definitely lose with the minimum-wage law. So do disadvantaged, inexperienced...of Teamsters Local 215, praises the minimum-wage law. "When the minimum wage in the 1990s ...

MINIMUM WAGE HIKE MAKES VERY GOOD SENSE.(EDITORIAL)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  April 22, 1996 ;     670 words ......the rest is relatively easy. The minimum wage does not interfere with the free market...entitlements, such as food stamps.) The minimum wage is the taxpayers' defense against...Those who argue that raising the minimum wage only boosts the part-time salaries...consider that less than ...

STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE STUCK IN A RUT.(BUSINESS)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  February 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Press Wisconsin's minimum wage, unchanged in more...someone earning minimum wage falls thousands...can't get by on minimum wage any more. But Republicans...they say, the minimum wage isn't meant to...weeks from her minimum-wage job as a ...

PRO AND CON: ; Pay up; Question: Should Congress increase the minimum wage...

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 5, 2001 ;     515 words ......Since the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, some have contended...that a constantly increasing minimum wage will prevent the exploitation...those] clamoring for a higher minimum wage fail to acknowledge is that...substantial increases in the minimum wage, ...

Raise the Minimum Wage

The Washington Post;  June 24, 1988 ;     700+ words ......anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act-which fixed a national minimum wage, mandated a standard...increased cost of Minimum Wage is met by the...writing basic labor standards into law. The...fight for the minimum wage, powerful groups...principle of ...

GOP-led Senate sidelines minimum wage issue; Democrats declare moratorium...

Westside Gazette;  July 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......congressional pay hikes until the federal minimum wage was raised. "They can play games all...nor the inclination to deal with a minimum wage increase. Today in America, millions...2006, the gross annual income of a minimum wage worker, putting in a 40-hour week...35 percent of those ...

Minimum wage hike hurts undertrained workers

New Pittsburgh Courier;  November 7, 2001 ;     545 words ...Minimum wage hike hurts undertrained...the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, some have contended...a constantly increasing minimum wage will prevent the exploitation...clamoring for a higher minimum wage fail to acknowledge is that...substantial increases in ...

A Decent Minimum Wage

The Washington Post;  June 13, 1988 ;     603 words ......Minimum Decency" {June 8} speaks of a minimum wage hike as an antipoverty device. Indeed...A combination of JEFFA and a $4 minimum wage would do much more to help low-skilled...support families than a $4.65 or $5.05 minimum wage, while causing far fewer side effects...whom The ...

California minimum wage increased to $5 per hour March 1st

The Public Record;  March 21, 1997 ;     443 words ......in the federal minimum wage law last year...the new federal minimum wage last summer that...which brings the minimum wage to $5 per hour...1997, bringing the minimum wage to $5.15 per hour...the California minimum wage rate to $5.75 per...in the state's ...

A minimum wage hike would help teens

Capital (Annapolis);  February 19, 2007 ;     502 words ......House of Representatives passed the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. The legislation will raise the federal minimum wage from the current $5.15/hour to $7.25...Senate and by the president. Increases in minimum wage have continued since its establishment in 1938. The Fair Labor ...

Consequences of minimum wage indexing

Contemporary Economic Policy;  October 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......MACPHERSON* During the 1980s, the minimum wage fell relative to prices and average...maintained through the 1970s, the minimum wage would have been $5.51 in 1993.If the 1993 minimum wage had increased to $5.51, payments to minimum wage workers would have increased by ...

Florida's new minimum wage starts May 2

Miami Times;  February 22, 2005 ;     289 words ......s newly-enacted minimum wage will be May 2. Florida's minimum wage was created in a...covered by the federal minimum wage. The state minimum wage will start at $6...credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers may...satisfaction of the ...