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12 April 2006

California Labor Federation - Minimum Wage

hour. Although our cost of living is sky-high, we have the lowest minimum wage of any state on the West Coast. Our minimum wage is not enough to allow a working family to afford basics like housing and healthcare in California. The only way to help minimu

Oregon AFL-CIO: Minimum Wage - Oregon AFL-CIO

The federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, and tipped workers make even less, $2.13. That wage has not been increased since 1997. It's buying power is at its lowest since 1949. Fortunately, Oregon minimum wage workers are not forced to work for povert

03 April 2006

29 March 2006

Georgia Living Wage Coalition

The Atlanta Living Wage Campaign was initially coordinated by four community organizations, listed below. The campaign continues through the support of over 100 labor, community, and religious organizations in Atlanta.

Ohioans For A Fair Minimum Wage

Ohioans For A Fair Minimum Wage is a coalition of non-profit, community, faith-based, civil rights and labor organizations that believe no one should have to work for $4.25 an hour -- where Ohio's pathetic minimum wage has been mired since 1990. We believ

Let Justice Roll Ohio

Minimum wage coalition of churches and other activists

New Mexico Living Wage

Minimum Wage bills failed in NM for now when deadline passed

Give Arkansas a Raise Now

Coalition proposing a constitutional amendment that would increase the minimum wage in Arkansas by $1 an hour (from $5.15 to $6.15) effective January 1, 2007. Starting January 1, 2008, and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage would be adjusted base

08 March 2006

02 March 2006

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO - Coalition Calls for Increase in Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage to $7.15 by 2007

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President William George joined Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, State Legislators and the members of the “Raise the Minimum Wage Coalition” in calling for an immediate increase in the state’s minimum wage to $6

01 March 2006

23 February 2006