MINIMUM WAGE WATCH
Inflation adjusted in $2007

> 1950 - $6.54
> 1968 - $9.66
< 1997 - $6.74
< 2007 - $5.85

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LIVING WAGE DAYS

"Resources For Living Wage Services & Community Events" (PDF)  

 

Bill Boyne, Post Bulletin (MN), The rich keep getting richer, 12/28/07

Bread for the World, Hunger 2008: Working Harder for Working Families (pdf)

UC Berkeley Labor Center, Wage Policies and Wal-Mart: How a Higher Wage Standard Would Impact Wal-Mart Workers and Shoppers (pdf), 12/07

UC Berkeley Labor Center, A Downward Push: The Impact of Wal-Mart Stores on Retail Wages and Benefits (pdf), 12/07

Al Norman, Huffington Post A $10 minimum wage at Wal-Mart?, 12/07

Op-Ed: Holly Sklar, Billionaires up, America down, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

DMI Blog, Minimum Wage, Maximum Good, 10/31/07

Our Times (Canada), A Fair Day's Pay: Minimum and Living Wage Campaigns in Canada, August-September 2007

Op-Ed: John E. Schwarz, Raise poverty line to reflect economic reality, Newsday, 9/18/07

Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe, For workers, it's no holiday, 9/3/07

U.S. Census Bureau, annual Income, Poverty and Health Insurance reports

David Moberg, In These Times, The Secret Lives of Plutocrats, 8/28/07

Dallas Business Journal, July's minimum wage hike has only upside for workers and businesses, 8/9/07

Jim Hightower, Pushing for Shared Prosperity, 8/8/07

Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial, CEO pay and the minimum wage, 8/6/07<

Toronto Star, Unchanged for years, minimum wage rises, 7/21/07

Op-Ed: Holly Sklar, Pay CEOs less, minimum wage workers more, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

LETTERS to the Editor Sampler

Rob Hotakainen, Kansas City Star/McClatchy Newspapers, Members of Congress stand to receive automatic salary increases, 7/27/07

Beth Shulman and Cathy Ruckelshaus, Getting that higher wage, TomPaine.com, 7/25/07

Mike Kelly, Cox News Service, Minimum wage increase takes first jump, 7/25/07

OneWorld, Working Americans celebrate minimum wage raise, 7/25/07

Press Release: At July 24 Capitol Hill Rally Let Justice Roll Leader Calls for Making Minimum Wage a Living Wage, 7/24/07

AHN, U.S. minimum wage increase; Business owners disagree on potential outcome, 7/24/07

UUSC, Long overdue minimum wage increase gives U.S. workers much-needed boost; active state campaigns, 7/23/07

AP, Federal minimum wage to rise on Tuesday, 7/21/07

Common Good Network, Interview with Holly Sklar, 7/20/07

Press Release: Wage On: For Let Justice Roll, July 24 Minimum Wage Hike Is Just Step Toward Living Wage, 7/16/07

Support the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA): Click here for Faith Leaders Sign On Letter, More Actions and Information

AP, House members vote to accept $4,400 cost of living pay raise, 6/28/07

Economic Policy Institute, What a new federal minimum wage means for the states, 6/1/07

OneWorld, Anti-poverty advocates cheer minimum wage increase, 5/31/07

Press Release: Minimum Wage Raise Long Overdue Says Let Justice Roll, 5/25/07

OneWorld.net, Minimum wage increase likely to remain tied to war bill, 5/18/07

Inc., Despite House vote, more delays expected on minimumw wage and tax cuts, 5/11/07

Press Release: Let Justice Roll Hails State Victories, Tells Congress to Heed Will of People and Raise Minimum Wage Now, 5/9/07

Does Raising the Pay of Low-Wage Employees Reduce their Rate of Sickness Absence? Evidence from the Impact of Minimum Wage Legislation [in the UK]

Op-Ed: Holly Sklar, Minimum wage raise is good for business, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Chart: Real Value of the Minimum Wage 1938 - 2006

Post-Election Teleconference Click Here to Listen

U.S. Census Bureau, annual Income, Poverty and Health Insurance reports

Wal-Mart/wages:
•  A Just Minimum Wage, Ch. 6, "Low Road vs High Road" on "Wal-Mart business model; Costco comparison
•  http://walmartwatch.com/
• Business Week, What's with Wal-Mart's sales woes? 11/29/06
• Business Week, The flip side of Wal-Mart's pay hikes, 8/14/06
•  WakeUpWalMart.com responds to Wal-Mart's salary changes, 8/8/06
• New York Times, Wal-Mart's latest special: 6% raises in some stores, 8/8/06
• Los Angeles Times, Wal-Mart to raise and limit wages, 8/8/06
• Bloomberg, Wal-Mart stores to increase starting pay rates, 8/7/06
• AP, Wal-Mart backs hike to minimum wage, 6/28/06
• Roll Call, Wal-Mart Flip-Flopped [on min wage], 6/28/06
• Economic Policy Institute, The Wal-Mart Debate: A False Choice Between Prices and Wages, 6/15/06

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" A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Future"
By Holly Sklar
& Rev. Paul Sherry

Powerful economic and moral case for raising minimum wage and moving the U.S. from the low road to high road of enduring economic progress. A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it. More

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State Campaign Contacts

NEW: CHART UPDATED 10/31: States & Federal Minimum Wage 2007-09, PDF

General: The Record, Minimum wage hike proposed for N.J., 12/22/07

CCH, Florida's minimum wage to go up to $6.79 January 1

Herald Tribune (FL), Impact of higher minimum wage in Sarasota unclear: Minimum wage boost for some in Sarasota is up for a vote Nov. 6

John Burbank, A fair minimum wage stokes economic growth, Herald (WA)

CCH, Maine, Montana, Washington announce minimum wage increases

hr.blr.com, 6 states adjust minimum wage

Bellingham Herald, [Washington] State minimum wage to increase to $8.07

California: Press Release: California's minimum wage set to increase to highest in the nation $8 per hour rate starts with New Year

California: Sacramento Bee, The cost of keeping up: Even a no-frills life can strain a family's budget, report finds

Georgia: Gainesville Times, Poverty exercise shows struggle to live with less

Georgia: Op-Ed: Lya Sorano, Businesses back wage raise; state should, too, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Georgia: Tammy Joyner, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Minimum wage hike kicks in today: 70 cent raise is first increase in 10 years

Georgia: Editorial: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, State should raise minimum wage so workers can afford basics

Indiana: Stephanie Salter, The Tribune-Star, When I run the country, everyone who wants a job gets a job12/8/07

Kansas: Op-Ed: David Hansen and Kirby Clark, Wichita should establish citywide minimum wage, Wichita Eagle, 12/23/07

Kansas: WIBW TV Report shows KS minimum wage increase would be positive change 12/10/07

Kansas:Parsons Sun, Local housing needs add up

Kansas:Wichita Eagle Editorial, Many Wichitans living on the edge

Kansas:Wichita Eagle, A growing hunger

Kansas:Wichita Eagle, Minimum wage may turn into city issue

Kansas:Eyewitness News 12, Group wants Kansas to increase minimum wage

Massachusetts: Boston Globe/AP, Housing costs, low wages lead to rise in homeless families

Missouri: Op-Ed: Spencer Barrett, Families need much more than current minimum, Kansas City Star

Montana:Op-Ed: Jim McGarvey, New company takes away union jobs, wages, Billings Gazette

Montana: KULR-8 TV (Billings), Cost of living

Montana:AP, Minimum wage goes up 10 cents [Jan 2008]

Montana: Op-Ed: Steve Bullock, Standing up for workers pays off for Montana, Billings Gazette

New Hampshire: Op-Ed: George N. Copadis (NH Labor Secretary), NH's higher minimum wage will help families live with dignity, Union Leader

New Hampshire:Press Release: AFSC, NH Minimum wage bill signed into law

Ohio: Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio's minimum wage will raise 15 cents on Jan. 1

Ohio: Columbus Dispatch, Minimum-wage increase: Hourly pay boost won't be windfall

Ohio: Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial, CEO pay and the minimum wage

Oklahoma:Enid News Editorial, Waging a Battle: Enid needs more than pay hike, it needs diverse careers

Oklahoma: Enid News, Faith, wages topics of forum

Oklahoma: The Oklahoman, Professors debate ‘living wage' rate, fairness

Oklahoma: Tulsa World, Forum will address poverty and fair wages

Oklahoma: Norman Transcript, Norman faith community focuses on living wage and families

Oklahoma: Weatherford Daily News, What's a living wage, 10/16/07

\ Pennsylvania: Times-Tribune, Cost of living minimum wage adjustment may go on '08 ballot

Tennessee: Op-Ed: Rev. Rebekah Jordan, Minimum wage up a little but still not a living, Memphis Commercial Appeal

Virginia: Op-Ed: Ann C. Hodges, Virginians deserve a living wage: Commonwealth should follow Maryland's lead, Washington Post

W. Virginia: John David, Charleston Gazette, Unemployment rate doesn't show economy's slide

W. Virginia: Blog: Rick Wilson's Goat Rope Blog: Regular updates on minimum wage View More...

 
 
 

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The Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign is a fast-growing nonpartisan program of more than ninety faith, community, labor and business organizations who have joined together to raise the minimum wage at the federal level and in states such as Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and more.