Happy 15th birthday, $7.25 federal minimum wage – Axios

“The bottom line: Inflation and inaction have eaten away at the federal minimum wage, to the point where very few Americans are paid at that rate — yet increasing the wage floor would raise the pay of millions of workers.”

CCSE work on this topic:

Considerations on Raising the Minimum Wage To Help Workers and Families While Minimizing Negative Impacts

Examiner op-ed

Senate minimum wage bills make bipartisan compromise possible. Now for the political energy to get it done.

op-ed

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