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Proposed Minimum Wage Hike Would Harm Albuquerque’s Least-Skilled Employees: NULL
May 2005 · ·
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – When Albuquerque’s city council meets to discuss increasing the minimum wage to $7.15 they should strongly consider the negative impact such action would have on the city’s most at need. A national survey of the American Economic Association found that 77 percent of economists believe raising the minimum wage destroys employment opportunities. This is particularly true for the least skilled. Decades of academic research… -
Senator Kennedy Ignores Economic Reality of Minimum Wage Increases: Array
March 2005 · ·
Washington – While introducing his amendment to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) chose to ignore the economic reality of mandated wage increases. Senator Kennedy claims that his minimum wage increase is a family issue because many of the beneficiaries are women with children. He does not mention that only 8 percent of the benefits from his wage increase will… -
Senator Kennedy Ignores Economic Reality of Minimum Wage Increases: NULL
March 2005 · ·
Washington – While introducing his amendment to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) chose to ignore the economic reality of mandated wage increases. Senator Kennedy claims that his minimum wage increase is a family issue because many of the beneficiaries are women with children. He does not mention that only 8 percent of the benefits from his wage increase will… -
WHO WILL REALLY BENEFIT FROM SENATOR KENNEDY’S $7.25 MINIMUM WAGE?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 15% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
March 2005 · ·
Washington – As Congress weighs a hike in the federal minimum wage to $7.25, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and supporters of an increase suggest that the typical minimum wage employee is struggling to raise a family on a single income. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) notes that U.S. Census Bureau data strongly dispute this portrait as simply untrue. Furthermore, the vast majority of the benefits of such… -
WHO WILL REALLY BENEFIT FROM SENATOR KENNEDY’S $7.25 MINIMUM WAGE?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 15% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
March 2005 · ·
Washington – As Congress weighs a hike in the federal minimum wage to $7.25, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and supporters of an increase suggest that the typical minimum wage employee is struggling to raise a family on a single income. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) notes that U.S. Census Bureau data strongly dispute this portrait as simply untrue. Furthermore, the vast majority of the benefits of such… -
Who will really benefit from New Jersey’s minimum wage hike?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 16% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
February 2005 · ·
Trenton – The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) testified today before the New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee on the negative economic consequences of raising the state minimum wage to $7.15 per hour. EPI presented figures from the U.S. Census Bureau that show the vast majority of the benefits of such an increase will not reach its intended target—New Jersey’s working families. An analysis of data compiled by the…