-
WHO WILL REALLY BENEFIT FROM SENATOR KENNEDY’S $7.25 MINIMUM WAGE?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 15% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
March 2005
Washington – As Congress weighs a hike in the federal minimum wage to $7.25, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and supporters of an increase suggest that the typical minimum wage employee is struggling to raise a family on a single income. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) notes that U.S. Census Bureau data strongly dispute this portrait as simply untrue. Furthermore, the vast majority of the benefits of such… -
WHO WILL REALLY BENEFIT FROM SENATOR KENNEDY’S $7.25 MINIMUM WAGE?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 15% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
March 2005
Washington – As Congress weighs a hike in the federal minimum wage to $7.25, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and supporters of an increase suggest that the typical minimum wage employee is struggling to raise a family on a single income. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) notes that U.S. Census Bureau data strongly dispute this portrait as simply untrue. Furthermore, the vast majority of the benefits of such… -
Who will really benefit from New Jersey’s minimum wage hike?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 16% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
February 2005
Trenton – The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) testified today before the New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee on the negative economic consequences of raising the state minimum wage to $7.15 per hour. EPI presented figures from the U.S. Census Bureau that show the vast majority of the benefits of such an increase will not reach its intended target—New Jersey’s working families. An analysis of data compiled by the… -
Who will really benefit from New Jersey’s minimum wage hike?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 16% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
February 2005
Trenton – The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) testified today before the New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee on the negative economic consequences of raising the state minimum wage to $7.15 per hour. EPI presented figures from the U.S. Census Bureau that show the vast majority of the benefits of such an increase will not reach its intended target—New Jersey’s working families. An analysis of data compiled by the… -
Who will really benefit from Maryland’s Minimum wage hike?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 9% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
February 2005
Annapolis – The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) testified today before the Maryland State Senate Finance Committee on the negative economic consequences of raising the state minimum wage to $6.15 per hour. EPI will present figures from the U.S. Census Bureau which show that the vast majority of the benefits of such an increase will not reach its intended target–Maryland’s low-income working families. An analysis of data compiled… -
Who will really benefit from Maryland’s Minimum wage hike?: U.S. Census Data Show Just 9% of Minimum Wage Recipients Are Sole Earners in Families With Children
February 2005
Annapolis – The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) testified today before the Maryland State Senate Finance Committee on the negative economic consequences of raising the state minimum wage to $6.15 per hour. EPI will present figures from the U.S. Census Bureau which show that the vast majority of the benefits of such an increase will not reach its intended target–Maryland’s low-income working families. An analysis of data compiled…