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Sen. Kerry’s Minimum Wage Plan Hurts Already Struggling Employees: NULL
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’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: 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… -
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…