Raising the Minimum Wage: Why It’s Time to Do It Now
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December 17, 2021
According to a 2020 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, 247,000 Americans age 16 and older were working jobs that pay the prevailing minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Meanwhile, those earning below the federal minimum hourly rate were at 865,500. In total, this records about 1.1 million people in the workforce burning themselves out […]