A recurring call to raise the minimum wage has returned in the run-up to Labor Day
in the form of national rallies and a new report that finds Michigan
ranks second-to-worst among states for wage growth during the past 30
years.
Fast-food workers in Detroit, Flint, Lansing and elsewhere in the state and country protested on Thursday with demands for higher wages, which followed similar demonstrations by unions and community groups during the past several months. They seek $15 an hour — more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
The nonprofit advocacy group Michigan League for Public Policy released a study a day later that also calls for raising the minimum wage. The report includes analysis of U.S. Census data that finds Michigan's median wage fell by 7 percent between 1982 and 2012 after adjusting for inflation — the biggest wage drop of all 50 states and the District of Columbia after Alaska.
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/01/5699124/calls-to-raise-minimum-wage-return.html
Fast-food workers in Detroit, Flint, Lansing and elsewhere in the state and country protested on Thursday with demands for higher wages, which followed similar demonstrations by unions and community groups during the past several months. They seek $15 an hour — more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
The nonprofit advocacy group Michigan League for Public Policy released a study a day later that also calls for raising the minimum wage. The report includes analysis of U.S. Census data that finds Michigan's median wage fell by 7 percent between 1982 and 2012 after adjusting for inflation — the biggest wage drop of all 50 states and the District of Columbia after Alaska.
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/01/5699124/calls-to-raise-minimum-wage-return.html
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