federal minimum wage

Washington Informer May 1, 2014

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Democrats Assail G.O.P. After Filibuster of Proposal to Raise Minimum Wage

[Washington Post] WASHINGTON — With the Republican-led filibuster of a Senate proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10…

Washington Informer April 30, 2014

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ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked an election-year Democratic bill on Wednesday that would boost the…

Washington Informer February 25, 2014

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By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016 would lift nearly…

Washington Informer February 20, 2014

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ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by Congress’ nonpartisan budget analysts seems to have thrown Democrats onto…

Washington Informer January 30, 2014

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic push to boost the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is a long shot…

Washington Informer November 13, 2013

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By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The first federal minimum wage of 25 cents an hour was established in 1938.…

UPI November 12, 2013

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[UPI] PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 11 (UPI) — More than three quarters of respondents to a Gallup poll indicated they would…