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Press Releases

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

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

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

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

2/1/07: Let Justice Roll Welcomes Senate Vote Raising Minimum Wage: Urges a Clean, Final Bill

1/29/07: Business Owners From Every State Say Higher Minimum Wage Helps Business: Costco CEO, Small Business Majority, US Women's Chamber of Commerce, Business Leaders Nationwide Urge Senate To Raise Minimum Wage

1/19/07: Hundreds of Business Leaders Tell Congress To Raise Minimum Wage

01/08/07: Over 1,000 Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Raise Minimum Wage

11/16/06: Statement By Rev. Sherry of the Let Justice Roll Campaign at Senate Minimum Wage Press Conference

11/13/06: Business Leaders and Minimum Wage Organizers on Landslide Victories, What's Next? Post-Election Teleconference Highlights and Replay Available

11/9/06: Minimum Wage Landslide, Nov. 9 Teleconference Replay Available

11/8/06: Landslide for Minimum Wage: What Happened, What's Next, Analyzed in Nov. 9 Teleconference

11/6/06: Values Vote, Minimum Wage Referenda Analyzed in Post-Election Teleconference

10/31/06: Business Owners, CEOs Say Higher Minimum Wage Good for Business

9/27/06: Let Justice Roll Mobilizes Values Voters with Hundreds of Minimum Wage Events Across U.S.: October "Living Wage Days" Build Momentum for Ballot Measures in Arizona, Colorado, Misouri, Montana and Ohio

7/13/06: Let Justice Roll Raising State Minimum Wages, Pushing Federal Hike

6/22/06: Let Justice Roll Campaign Calls On House Of Reps. To Represent People By Raising Minimum Wage

6/21/06: American Friends Service Committee, ...Urges House of Reps to Raise the Minimum Wage and Reject Thomas Estate Tax Give Away 

6/20/06: Faith and Community Leaders Urge Congress To Give Workers A Raise: A $7.25 Minimum Wage Is The Least We Can Do

4/10/06: Arkansas' Working Families Get Long-Overdue Raise

4/7/06: Powerful report shows a fair minimum wage is good for workers, business and our future

1/13/06: Faith and Community Groups Hold "Living Wage Days" Events Across Nation to Honor MLK Birthday With Urgent Call To Raise the Minimum Wage

11/7/05: Religious Leaders Announce National Grassroots Campaign to Raise Wages at the Federal and State Levels

11/7/05: Religious Leaders Letter to Congress

Reports
"A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Future" (PDF) or contact Daniel Webster (above) for hard copies.

Charts
NEW: CHART UPDATED 10/31: States & Federal Minimum Wage 2007-09, PDF
Chart: Real Value of the Minimum Wage 1938 - 2006

Op-Eds

Wichita should establish citywide minimum wage
David Hansen and Kirby Clark
Wichita Eagle, 12/23/07

Billionaires up, America down
Holly Sklar
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 10/18/07

Standing up for workers pays off for Montana
Steve Bullock
Billings Gazette, 9/3/07

NH's higher minimum wage will help famiulies live with dignity
George N. Copadis (NH Labor Secretary)
Union Leader, 8/31/07

Families need much more than current minimum
Spencer Barrett
Kansas City Star, 8/1/07

Businesses back wage raise; state should, too
Lya Sorano
Atlanta Journal Constitution, 7/24/07

Minimum wage up a little but still not a living
Rebekah Jordan
Memphis Commercial Appeal, 7/23/07

Pay CEOs less, minimum wage workers more
Holly Sklar
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 7/19/07

Drive the W.Va. economy: Do you want to take the high road or the low road?
Rick Wilson
Sunday Gazette-Mail (WV), 7/8/07

Minimum wage increase took 10 years, despite overwhelming public support
Rick Wilson
Charleston Gazette (WV), 6/17/07

Raise the minimum wage
Nancy J. Kemper,
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), 2/21/07

Minimum wage raise is good for business
Holly Sklar,
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 2/8/07

Slapping the invisible hand
Chuck Collins
TomPaine.com, 1/29/07

With minimum wage hike, justice is rolling,
Rick Wilson
Sunday Gazette-Mail (WV), 1/21/07

Minimum wage breaks no-raise record
Holly Sklar
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 12/1/06

The faithful will vote for American values
Bob Edgar
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/3/06

Economy booming for billionaires
Holly Sklar
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 9/27/06

Governor was right to increase minimum wage
Martin Bennett
Napa Valley Register, 9/4/06

State needs jobs you can live on
Arnie Alpert
Concord Monitor, 9/3/06

Repeal of estate tax would harm country, future generations
Rick Wilson
Charleston Gazette (WV), 8/13/06

Time to increase the minimum wage
Ron Stief
Atlanta Daily World, 7/22/06

Working poor need a living wage
William G. Sinkford and Charlie Clements
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6/26/06

Congress values own paychecks more than workers
Holly Sklar
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services, 6/20/06

The Moral Minimum
Holly Sklar and Rev. Paul Sherry
TomPaine.com, 5/19/06

We must create a more moral economy
Rev. Benjamin J. Urmston
Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/6/06

State Senate targets the working poor
Rev. Sandra L. Strauss
Patriot-News (PA), 4/26/06

Institutionalizing the working poor
Dan Webster
Salt Lake Tribune, 4/22/06

Wanted: A High Road Economy
Holly Sklar
TomPaine.com, 3/17/06

West Virginians must demand adequate wages
Bishop Ernest S. Lyght
Charleston Gazette, 2/3/06

King's vision of adequate wages for all workers
Rev. Paula M. Jackson
Cincinnati Enquirer, 1/16/06; Cincinnati Post, 1/13/06

Martin Luther King Jr. valued workers
Holly Sklar
Cox News Service, MSNBC, TomPaine.Com, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Albany Times-Union, Topeka Capital-Journal, Waco Tribune-Herald, many more, 1/13/06 - on

Martin Luther King y la etica salarial
Holly Sklar
Nuevo Herald (Miami), 1/16/06

Sample Coverage

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

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

A growing hunger
Roy Wenzl
Wichita Eagle, 10/21/07

Minimum wage may turn into city issue
Dan Voorhis
Wichita Eagle, 10/19/07

What's a living wage
Emily Sims
Weatherford Daily News (OK), 10/16/07

Group wants Kansas to increase minimum wage
Eyewitness News 12, 9/3/07

Group to city: Raise the wage
Wichita Eagle, 9/1/07

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

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

Minimum wage affects all
Glenda Overstreet
Topeka Capital Journal, 7/29/07

19,000 Kansans out of luck with wage hike
Phillip Brownlee, Opinion Editor
Wichita Eagle Blog, 7/25/07

Increase sought for state minimum wage
Tim Carpenter
Topeka Capital Journal (KS), 7/25/07

Labor Coalition Seeks Hike In State Wage
Kansas Public Radio Morning News, 7/25/07

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

Federal minimum wage increases, still lower than state minimum wageJason Wiest
Arkansas News Bureau, 7/25/07

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

Minimum wage hike doesn't include all workers: Kansas wage still lowest in nation
Gena Terlizzi
ABC News 49 (Topeka), 7/24/07

Rise in Minimum Wage Means Raises For Some Kansas Workers
Rae Chelle Davis
WIBW-TV (KS), 7/24/07

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

Minimum wage hike kicks in today: 70 cent raise is first increase in 10 years
Tammy Joyner
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/24/07

The pursuit of a living wage lives on
Diane Stafford
Kansas City Star, 7/23/07

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

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

Federal minimum wage to rise on Tuesday
Jesse J. Holland
AP, 7/21/07

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

State minimum wage supporters to continue fight despite federal raise
Dave Williams
Clayton Daily News, 7/20/07

Anti-poverty advocates cheer minimum wage increase
Caitlin G. Johnson
OneWorld, 5/31/07

[Shelby County] Panel OKs living wage
Michael Erskine
Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5/22/07

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

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

Minimum wage bill in NH becomes law
Tom Fahey
Union Leader, 5/4/07

Senate OK's minimum wage increase
Tom Fahey
Union Leader (NH), 4/27/07

Lou Dobbs Tonight
CNN, 4/6/07

Minimum wage making minimum progress through Congress
Marilyn Geewax
Cox News Service, 3/15/07

Brother, Can NH Spare $7.25?
Michelle Saturley
Business NH Magazine, Feburary 2007

Maximizing the minimum
Paul Sherry
Sojourners, February 2007

Minimum wage hike would be a good start
Albor Ruiz
Daily News (NY), 2/1/07

Speakers focus on poverty issues
John Smith
Reading Eagle (PA), 2/10/07
 
Surviving on $5.15 an hour
Tim Harper
Toronto Star, 2/5/07

Wage increase clears Senate hurdle
John Godfrey
Wall Street Journal, 1/30/07
 
Maverick Costco CEO joins push to raise minimum wage
Lori Montgomery
Washington Post, 1/30/07
 
Proposed minimum wage increase divides business
Jim Kuhnhenn
Associated Press, 1/30/07

Minimum wage hike means a fortune
Tara Tuckwiller
Sunday Gazette-Mail (WV), 1/28/07

Minimum Wage Applauded: Church activists say increase helps but doesn't fully solve the problem
Katherine Boyle, Religion News Service
Winston-Salem Journal, 1/13/07

US House passes minimum wage vote
AP, 1/10/07
 
Over 1,000 faith leaders urge Congress to raise minimum wage
Michelle Vu
Christian Post, 1/9/07

Discord over wage bill deepens
Alan Johnson
Columbus Dispatch, 12/12/06

Morality of the Minimum
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Sam Graham-Felsen
The Nation, 1/1/07

Minimum wage hike won't go far - Photos
Ellen Simon
Associated Press, 11/30/06

Wage debate tops agenda for Congress
Rob Hotakainen
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 11/18/06

The New Business Wage Boosters
Shawn Zeller
Congressional Quarterly, 11/17/06

The New Democratic Populism
Christopher Hayes
The Nation, 12/4/06

Senate News Conference on Minimum Wage with Senators Kennedy, Clinton, Schumer, Let Justice Roll, ACORN, AFL-CIO, SEIU
Transcript, 11/16/06

Federal wage hike in spotlight in '07
Diane Suchetka
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/11/06

Diverse religious groups unite to clinch victories on Election Day
David Briggs
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/11/06

Minimum wage increase supported
Scott Finn
Charleston Gazette, 11/10/06

What did the voters say?
David Moberg
In These Times, 11/10/06
 
New blue goals on Hill: tax cuts out, higher wages in
Ron Scherer
Christian Science Monitor, 11/9/06

Election could drive minimum wage hike
Lisa Girion, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and P.J. Huffstutter 
Los Angeles Times, 11/9/06

Minimum wage hike in six states
Inc., 11/9/06

Businesses await proposals' impact
Ken Alltucker
Arizona Republic, 11/9/06

Who won, who lost in midterm elections
Daniel Burke
Religion News Service, 11/8/06

Minimum wage politics
Silla Brush
US News & World Report, 11/7/06

Even business leaders support a minimum wage boost
Tula Connell
AFL-CIO Blog, 11/6/06

'Voting Our Values' Rally: Religious leaders put faith in broader values
Alan Johnson
Columbus Dispatch, 11/3/06

Business Briefs: Business owners' group supports wage measure
Rocky Mountain News, 11/3/06

Higher minimum wage top issue in November elections
AXcess News, 10/31/06

Whose Morality?
Katrina VanDen Heuvel
The Nation, 10/31/06

Working overtime for minimum wage
James McNair
Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/29/06

This time, ballot issues could rally liberal base
Zachary A. Goldfarb and David S. Broder
Washington Post, 10/28/06

It's time to make work pay
Marian W. Edelman
Chicago Defender, 10/27/06

Area citizens rally in behalf of state minimum wage increase
Andrew Tillotson
Athens News (OH), 10/23/06

Political ads vie for voters
Cortez Journal, 10/21/06

Momentum builds for wage hike
David R. Francis
Christian Science Monitor, 10/16/06

October brings faith-based activism
Rev. Kevin A. Johnson
Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA), 10/14/06

Coalition puts faith in minimum wage
Eric Gorski
Denver Post, 10/12/06

Group seeks wage hike
Zsombor Peter
Gallup Independent, 10/9/06

Minimum wage fears negated
Eric Gorski
Denver Post, 10/4/06

Pastors push living wage as election issue
Abid Aslam
OneWorld U.S., 10/3/06

Pastor fighting poverty
Phil Anderson
Topeka Capital-Journal, 9/28/06

Social vision lack blamed for failure to hike wage
Paul Monies
Daily Oklahoman, 9/28/06

Making the minimum wage a moral and religious issue
Douglas Todd
Vancouver Sun, 9/23/06

A holy war on poverty: Faith groups rally for a rise in the minimum wage
Jessie McQuillan
Missoula Independent, 9/21/06

Meet Him In the Middle; Former Rep. Edgar's Book Reflects on Faith and Politics
Tom Gottlieb
Roll Call, 9/12/06

Groups urge separation of minimum wage, estate tax proposals in Congress
Rob Moritz
Arkansas News Bureau, 8/4/06

Speakers invoke God for wage justice
Mary Adamski: View from the Pew
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7/29/06

Ohio can lead on minimum wage
Rose Russell
Toledo Blade, 7/29/06

"Mainline" churches seek to wrest debate from religious conservatives
Gwen Florio
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 7/23/06

Congress again votes down a minimum wage increase
Family Promise, The Advocate, August 2006

Church groups push minimum-wage hike: Issue called moral responsibility
David Yonke
Toledo Blade, 7/12/06

NC minimum wage ready to go $1 higher
Gary D. Robertson
Charlotte Observer (AP), 7/10/06

Rendell praises wage increase
Kitty Caparella
Philadelphia Daily News, 7/10/06

Religion taking a left turn?
CBS Evening News, text and , 7/9/06

Group wants higher wages
Frank Lewis
Portsmouth Daily Times (OH), 7/9/06

Organizers put faces on minimum wage issue
Capitolwire.com, 7/5/06

Faith-based groups join effort to increase the minimum wage
David Yonke
Toledo Blade, 7/1/06

Labor activists, working poor blast Senate refusal to raise minimum wage
BlackAmericaweb.com, 6/22/06

Shafting the Working Poor
Katrina VanDen Heuvel blog
The Nation, 6/21/06

Senate kills minimum wage increase. Widely published wire story quotes Sen. Kennedy echoing Let Justice Roll message: "A job should lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it."
AP, 6/21/06

An impoverished minimum wage?
Institute for Public Accuracy News Release, 6/20/06

Issue could alter Ohio's political future
Diane Suchetka
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 6/11/06

Church supports efforts to raise minimum wage
Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph, 6/7/06

A Winning Bet? Efforts to increase the minimum wage are proliferating
Silla Brush
U.S. News & World Report,  5/1/06

Raising the Minimum Wage: Let Justice Roll
Rick Wilson
Peacework, May 2006

Ask candidates about minimum wage
Morton Mintz
Nieman Watchdog, 4/26/06

Conversation with Holly Sklar, Backbone Campaign/ Progressive Government Institute Conversations with the Cabinet: Build a Healthy Economy, Raise the Minimum Wage, joined by Paul Sherry, podcast [click on Listen Now, then click forward arrow to begin]
Holly Sklar
BackboneCampaign.org, 4/24/06

Religious leaders applaud Arkansas wage increase
Christian Post, 4/14/06

A Just Wage for All
Paul H. Sherry
Street Spirit, American Friends Service Commitee, 4/06

Momentum building for minimum wage hike
Edward Peeks
Charleston Gazette (WV), 4/11/06 

WV Minimum wage hike part of larger effort
Charleston Gazette (AP), 4/3/06

States Take On Minimum Wage: Across U.S. Activists Push Ballot Measures To Lift Workers' Pay
Joi Preciphs
Wall Street Journal, 3/14/06

The Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign: A Job Should Keep You Out of Poverty, Not Keep You In It
Rev. Paul H. Sherry, Center for American Progress
State Progress: Minimum Wage, 3/1/06

Let Justice Roll
Gerry McCarthy
TheSocialEdge.com, 2/06

High wages, low wages and morality
David R. Francis
Christian Science Monitor, 1/30/06

Working poor
Charleston Gazette (WV) Editorial, 1/25/06
[Quotes from "A Just Minimum Wage"]

Kennedy Keynotes Greater Boston Living Wage Event
Quincy Sun, 1/19/06; Patriot Ledger, 1/17/06; UUA roundup

What Is a Living Wage?
Jon Gertner
New York Times Magazine, 1/15/06

Wage fight to get aid from King
Diane Stafford
Kansas City Star, 1/14/06

New York State minimum wage increase
Interview with Holly Sklar
Host, Jesse Chanin
WKCR (New York) News, 1/5/06

Give Arkansas A Raise Now Ballot Initiative
Interview with Steve Copley
KARN News Radio (Little Rock), 1/5/06

Coalition sets MLK holiday for minimum wage push
Marilyn Geewax
Cox News Service, 11/12/05

Campaign for higher minimum wage kicks off
MarketWatch, 11/8/05

God says raise the minimum wage
Human Events, 11/8/05

National Council Of Churches Urges An Increase in The Minimum Wage
Podcast Interview With Bob Edgar
Chuck Currie blog, 11/7/05
 
Group of religious leaders joins supporters of minimum wage increase
WIS-TV
Columbia, S. Carolina, 11/7/05