Nine Years of Neglect: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Ninth Straight Year, Falls to Lowest Level in More than Half a Century
By Jared Bernstein
Isaac Shapiro
08-30-06
August 31, 2006 | EPI Issue Brief #227
Nine Years of Neglect
Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for
Ninth Straight Year, Falls to Lowest Level in More than Half a
Century
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