Huffington Post: Federal Minimum Wage Goes 4 Years Without Budging
By Dave Jamieson
Huffington Post, July 24, 2013
Workers toiling in low-wage jobs marked a dispiriting anniversary on Wednesday: It's now been four years since the last time the federal minimum wage was raised. ...
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have proposed raising the minimum wage and pegging it to inflation ...
A group of companies that back the Democratic proposal, called Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, launched a petition Wednesday for businesses to pledge their support for a raise.
… if Congress doesn't send Obama legislation to sign by the end...