Minimum Wage (Page 59 )

  • Sen. Kerry’s Minimum Wage Plan Hurts Already Struggling Employees: Array

    June 2004 ·   · 

    While our nation continues to produce jobs at a fast pace, low-skill entry-level employees face crippling unemployment rates. Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) unveiled a new website, www.gatewayjobs.com, which highlights the crisis in entry-level employment. Senator John Kerry’s recent proposal to increase the minimum wage to $7.00-an-hour will further hurt those individuals already struggling to find jobs. Groups of traditional entry-level employees face significantly higher unemployment…
  • Sen. Kerry vs. Nobel Prize Economists

    June 2004 ·   · 

    Washington – While John Kerry calls for a 36% increase in the minimum wage, the majority of economic research, including the statements of five Nobel Prize-winning economists, continue to show that raising the minimum wage is a dangerous political ploy that will only serve to make life harder for the nation’s least skilled employees. “Leading economists such as Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Nobel Prize-winning economist…
  • Sen. Kerry vs. Nobel Prize Economists

    June 2004 ·   · 

    Washington – While John Kerry calls for a 36% increase in the minimum wage, the majority of economic research, including the statements of five Nobel Prize-winning economists, continue to show that raising the minimum wage is a dangerous political ploy that will only serve to make life harder for the nation’s least skilled employees. “Leading economists such as Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Nobel Prize-winning economist…
  • Minimum Wage Hikes Result in Job Loss for Affected Employees: Array

    April 2004 ·   · 

    Washington – Decades of economic research, including some dating back to the FDR administration, prove that an increase in the minimum wage leads to overall job loss for affected employees, particularly the least skilled. So reported Craig Garthwaite in testimony today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and Government Programs on the economic effects of minimum wage increases. “The most damaging effect is the fact…
  • Minimum Wage Hikes Result in Job Loss for Affected Employees: NULL

    April 2004 ·   · 

    Washington – Decades of economic research, including some dating back to the FDR administration, prove that an increase in the minimum wage leads to overall job loss for affected employees, particularly the least skilled. So reported Craig Garthwaite in testimony today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and Government Programs on the economic effects of minimum wage increases. “The most damaging effect is the fact…
  • Who Will Really Benefit From Florida’s Minimum Wage Hike?: Array

    April 2004 ·   · 

    Washington – As signatures are gathered in Florida for a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage to $6.15 per hour, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the bulk of the benefits will not reach Florida’s poor families. An analysis of data compiled by the Bureau’s Current Population Survey shows that the average family income of Florida employees who would benefit from a minimum…