silentrage
Delta Girl
When you first started working, what was the minimum wage?
For me, it was $3.15/hour.
The federal minimum wage increases to 5.85/hour tomorrow.
Several states have minimum wages that are higher than the federal minimum.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290296,00.html
For me, it was $3.15/hour.
The federal minimum wage increases to 5.85/hour tomorrow.
Several states have minimum wages that are higher than the federal minimum.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290296,00.html
WASHINGTON ? The federal minimum wage goes up this week to five dollars and 85 cents an hour.
That's 70 cents higher than the old minimum and is the first increase in 10 years. But some lawmakers and labor experts say it's still far from ideal.
Somebody being paid the minimum wage will be earning roughly $12,000 a year before taxes. And House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller said it's "an outrage" that in the "wealthiest country in the history of the world," anybody could work full time and still wind up in poverty.