Minimum Wage Labor Issues

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• - Promotes making minimum wage a living wage and limiting income and wealth through voluntary ethical and moral choices to reduce selfishness and to protect people and planet from greed corruption.
  
• - Information from the federal Department of Labor.
  
• - Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
  
• - Article from Regulation magazine that argues against the minimum wage.
  
• - Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive.
  
• - Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
  
• - Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
  
• - Site devoted to issues concerning the working poor.
  
• - Policy analysis from the Cato Institute that takes a critical look at efforts to legislate a higher minimum wage.
  
• - Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
  
• - Articles from the Welfare Information Network.
  
• - Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage.
  
• - This article gives a Roman Catholic perspective on the minimum wage debate.
  
• - Shows how the US minimum wage has in fact gone down in real terms.
  
• - Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers.
  
• - News, background information, and links on the U.S. minimum wage.
  
• - Chart which explains how the minimum wage theoretically creates an artificial shortage of jobs.
  
• - From the U.S. House Democratic Leadership official site.