jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoIt has now been 15 years since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down18
arrow-up1737arrow-down1external-linkIt has now been 15 years since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25www.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-square...m...linkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agohttps://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history/chart https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm …you can do the math yourself: minimum wage has never been pretty but false assertions undermine the legitimacy of reform advocacy… (edit: these same values are clearly graphed across the entire history of the federal minimum wage in the parent article)
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history/chart
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
…you can do the math yourself: minimum wage has never been pretty but false assertions undermine the legitimacy of reform advocacy…
(edit: these same values are clearly graphed across the entire history of the federal minimum wage in the parent article)
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