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Kicking off Summer with More Minimum Wage Hikes Across the Country
June 9, 2023•MinimumWage.com
As more states and cities institute wage hikes and inflation adjustments, July 1 is becoming more and more prominent as a wage increase deadline every year. This year, 22 states and cities will see minimum wage hikes effective July 1, many of them due to inflation adjustments. This comes as Sen. Bernie Sanders has announced…
Fact Checking Sen. Sanders’ $17 Announcement
June 2, 2023•MinimumWage.com
In a press conference outside the U.S. capitol earlier in May, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced he would introduce a new bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour. In a recent op-ed in The Guardian, Sanders suggested a $17 per hour minimum wage was “the right thing to do,” and discussed…