Minimum Wage Increase

Minimum Wage Increases Today, Helping Millions of America's Lowest-Paid Workers

Rep. George Miller | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Rep. George Miller

Unlike tax breaks for the wealthy, the minimum wage increase for American workers will be spent locally, which is good for local businesses, large and small, and good for a struggling economy.

Minimum Wage Rises Today To $6.55 Per Hour

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices...