minimum wage

     

A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, aily or monthly wage that employers may legally pay to employees or workers. First enacted in Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth century, minimum wage laws are now enforced in more than 90% of all countries.

Trivia about minimum wage

  • Signed into law May 5, 1961, the Fair Labor Standards Act raised this to $1.15
  • Tax relief for small businesses was part of the 1996 legislation raising this to $5.15 an hour
  • Currently the federal government sets it at $5.15 an hour

Tweets about minimum wage

  • A single 20something year old can barely survive on minimum wage let alone a struggling breadwinning parent.
  • @AlistZ Arkansas: L.A.: San Diego: Eureka:
  • The Green Party calls for a £10 minimum wage for all - via @economicvoice.com
  • RT @cjsnowdon: BBC News - Green Party calls for £10 hourly minimum wage by 2020
  • as for the minimum wage debate, #nowords. "they don't deserve 15/hr. get a real job" ..and CEOs deserve their level of compensation?
  • RT @modmamaa: People don't want the minimum wage raised cause they are getting paid exactly what folks want the min. wage raised to.
  • @LipstickYoda then she'll be sitting here making less than those minimum wage workers she was joking about..
  • "When My Mom Earned the Minimum Wage" by @DMcKissen on @LinkedIn
  • @yoBlastic Yes, CBO minimum wage studies of 2012 and 2013 on public opinion.
  • @from1791 study show McDonald's could support the increase of only $0.20 on big Macs for instance raising minimum-wage 20 times that!
  • Arkansas Times - Finger to the wind, Tom Cotton suddenly decides he, too, will back minimum wage increase
  • RT @AnnaliseAK: Can you pay for college earning minimum wage? via @sharethis #yyc #abpse #yeg
  • It's called a minimum wage job for a reason. Either you don't speak English, or can't make change from $10. Basically you suck at everything
  • @OneBigAssMistak @sandstock @Po_st Democrats are doing all they can to help their masters (unions) get minimum wage up. Only helps Unions.
  • Greens call for £10 minimum wage
  • BBC News - Green Party calls for £10 hourly minimum wage by 2020
  • Y'all really stress about them wanting more on minimum wage
  • Here’s How the Price of Your Favorite Fast Food Would Change With a $15 Minimum Wage
  • Apparently there was a big minimum wage protest outside of the store I work at yesterday afternoon. A congresswoman was arrested even.
  • A few facts about the minimum wage...
  • #Koch Brothers Top Strategist: Minimum Wage Will Turn USA Into Nazi Germany: #p2 #RaiseTheWage
  • Los Angeles may raise the city's minimum wage to $13.25 an hour. It’s getting huge support across the entire country. Of Mexico. #fallonmono
  • RT @Larryputt: Jen Psaki said the president is "concerned" about ISIS' latest beheading,but outraged over the current minimum wage
  • RT @KurtSchlichter: ISIS is beheading Americans. I know. Let's discuss the the idiotic idea of increasing minimum wage. #caring
  • RT @CAPAction: Costco says it likely won't need to raise prices in Seattle with the city's min wage increase to $15/hr #RaiseTheWage http:/…
  • RT @AHMalcolm: Fallon: LA considers plan 2 hike the city’s minimum wage to $13.25 an hour. It’s getting huge support across the entire coun…
  • RT @UniteBlueWI: Obama rallies Wisconsin workers at Labor Day festival via @USATODAY #UniteBlue
  • RT @emilyslist: Tillis thinks increasing the minimum wage is a "regulatory overreach?" 66% of NC minimum wage earners are women. #ncsen #nc…
  • @SenTedCruz how's your dad?
  • RT @mm_ssssshh: When CEOs and company boards are sacrificing benefits to save the profits of their business I may listen about minimum wag…
  • I really need a new job. One that pays above minimum wage and is at least 25 hours a week. Bc I am so sick of being broke after bills.
  • making less than minimum wage
  • I'll be damned if i still work minimum wage at 20 years old
  • RT @oniontaker: Reality check one more time for kids wanting to be K-Pop managers: entry-level is like being a taxi driver on below minimum…
  • Senate Dems Could Revisit Minimum Wage Vote Soon
  • RT @jeisrael: Top Koch strategist thinks minimum wage leads to Nazism #GodwinsLaw
  • RT @AlanGrayson: Who is thwarting a higher minimum wage? The Republicans.
  • RT @MotherJones: Restaurant CEOs make more money in half a day than their employees make in a year
  • @JohnEkdahl Don't you realize fry cooks are making minimum wage!!!!!!!!!!, @TheMorningSpew
  • How about a 'starting wage'?
  • RT @RalphNader: Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now! via @thenation
  • RT @citizensrock: U.S. Minimum Wage Should Be $22 Per Hour. Thanks @SenWarren >>>
  • 7 premios Nobel de Economía dicen SÍ a un aumento al salario mínimo... en Estados Unidos @GerardoLeyva14
  • RT @Letterman: Tonight: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) makes her LS debut, discusses minimum wage.
  • "@CarlStayFreshJr: I got minimum days so i cant make minimum wage" tell dat tu ya moma nd let me laugh at her reaction
  • Senate Dems Could Revisit Minimum Wage Vote Soon: Looking to motivate their most loyal supporters, Democrats m...
  • RT @stumarq: Fast Food Strikes = higher minimum wages for all.
  • RT @kayhagan: Increasing the minimum wage would benefit 1 million NC workers. Speaker Tillis says that's a "dangerous idea"
  • RT @weknowwhatsbest: Jen Psaki said the president is "concerned" about ISIS' latest beheading, but outraged over the current minimum wage …
  • RT @ArkansasBlog: Let's get simple. A minimum wage increase is on the ballot. Will any Repub candidate vote for it? #crickets