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Minimum WageMinimum wage is the lowest hourly amount an employer can legally pay an employee. The United States introduced a federal minimum wage of $0.25 in 1938. This number rose periodically throughout the rest of the century and into the twenty-first century. It had reached $7.25 by 2009.
The federal minimum wage became a mainstream news issue in the 2010s. At this time, many Americans working for hourly pay at large employers such as McDonald’s and Walmart began calling for the minimum wage to be raised to $15 in an activist movement known as the Fight for $15. In the 2016 presidential election, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders (1941–) made raising the national minimum wage to $15 a major platform of his campaign. -Gale Student Resources in Context |
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"Minimum Wage in the United States"740 words
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"Minimum Wage in the United States." Gale Student Resources in Context, Gale, 2016. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/SDXULK444045232/SUIC?u=nysl_ce_cazehs&xid=a24e4aa7. Accessed 12 May 2017. |
"Time for a Raise?"846 words*
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Smith, Patricia. "Time for a Raise?" New York Times Upfront, 3 Feb. 2014, p. 10+. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A357591085/SUIC?u=nysl_ce_cazehs&xid=ed8f4d03. Accessed 12 May 2017. |
"Is It Time to Raise the Minimum Wage?"779 words*
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"Is It Time to Raise the Minimum Wage? It's Now $7.25 an Hour, and It's Been More than Five Years since the Last Increase." New York Times Upfront, 12 Jan. 2015, p. 22+. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A397264430/SUIC?u=nysl_ce_cazehs&xid=384732c0. Accessed 12 May 2017. |
"Is It Fair to Pay Teens Less Than Adults?"720 words
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"Is It Fair to Pay Teens Less than Adults?" New York Times Upfront, 29 Feb. 2016, p. 22+. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A446292462/SUIC?u=nysl_ce_cazehs&xid=bf47b3bf. Accessed 12 May 2017. |