Companies prepare for wage
law The American Indian College of the Assemblies of
God will feel a sting when Arizona's new minimum-wage law takes effect
Monday.
Minimum Wage Hike
Passed By House
House last night voted to boost the minimum wage
for the first time in nearly a decade while also permanently slashing
the estate tax, a coupling that GOP leaders calculated might garner
enough Senate support to become law.
Minimum-wage
vote likely on fall ballot
Labor unions and their allies filed more than
209,000 signatures Monday to force a public vote over whether Arizona
should have a minimum wage higher than required by federal law
Minimum wage a
hard way to live
These are the sounds of life at the minimum wage,
where rent often eats up three-quarters of monthly take-home pay, where
a phone is a luxury and any mishap, like a sick child, can start a
chain reaction that leads from absenteeism at work to losing a job and
overdue bills
Wal-Mart
near Chicago sparks living-wage debate
Mayor Richard M. Daley and others warn the "living
wage" proposal will drive jobs and desperately needed development from
some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Supporters contend Chicago should be a leader in setting standards for
worker pay and benefits.
Income gap widens
Report rates Ariz. No. 1 in growth of wealth
disparity
A
Real Minimum Wage Raise or...?
A job should be a bridge out of poverty, an
opportunity to a make a living from work. But for minimum wage workers,
especially those with families, it is not.
The
Impact of the Minimum Wage
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/
Discover the pros and cons of a minimum wage. Does a minimum wage lift
the wages of those workers with the least bargaining power? Or does a
minimum wage cost jobs by pricing low-wage workers out of the labor
market? What do the authors of this article think? Based on your
research – what do you think?
Raising the
Minimum Wage
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/
Visit this multi-pages, hyper-linked site for many different aspects of
the minimum wage debate, including information on who benefits from a
minimum wage, the falling value of the minimum wage, myths and
realities over minimum wage, and more. Consider the source when you
read this information. Why might this site be pro-minimum wage
legislation?
Readers weigh in on `living
wage' plan Mayor Bob Walkup has yet to decide how much employers should
pay per hour to qualify for his proposed ``Mayor's Living Wage Club,''
but Star readers responding yesterday to a survey were quick with
numbers.
50 Years of
Research on the Minimum Wage
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/
This site provides an argument against raising minimum wages. Scroll
down for a list of what research over the last 50 years has “proved”
about the effects of having a minimum wage. Be sure to consider the
source of this article while forming your own opinion.
The Case
Against a Higher Minimum Wage
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/
This paper argues against a higher minimum wage. Scan through the
article for information on how the minimum wage might affect high
school students. Consider the source of this paper, do you agree or
disagree?
General minimum wage info
Minimum
wage definition
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m1/minimumw.asp
Visit this site for a brief definition of the minimum wage in the
United States and for textual information on the changes in the level
of the minimum wage from its inception in 1938 to 1999.
Who benefits from a minimum
wage hike? Congress is considering raising the federal
minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.15 an hour, a move that would
benefit perhaps 10 million low-wage workers.
