https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21 en-us 2017-04-10 20:01:42 UTC 2017-04-12 20:03:19 UTC hello@padlet.com mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165769348 http://www.epi.org/publication/raising-the-minimum-wage-to-12-by-2020-would-lift-wages-for-35-million-american-workers/]]> 2017-04-10 20:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165769348 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165969773 Smaller states such as Vermont, Massachusetts, Washington, and Alaska have already raised there workers minimum wage. ]]> 2017-04-11 19:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165969773 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165970153 "the workers who would benefit from increasing the minimum wage earn, on average, 54.3 percent of their family’s total income. In several Southern states, affected workers earn more than 60 percent of their family’s total income."]]> 2017-04-11 19:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165970153 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165970334 There are workers who do not work full time not by choice however it is due to the fact that they must care for their children or there is a lack of work. An increase would allow them to look for more hours of work. ]]> 2017-04-11 19:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165970334 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165971555 Different people with different educations would all benefit form the increase, and those who have the minimal of a high school diploma would receive an increase, those with further education also are benefited.]]> 2017-04-11 19:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165971555 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165972016 "in an analysis for the minimum-wage increases in the 1990s and 2000s, it is found that for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, the poverty rate is expected to decline by 2.4 percentage points."]]> 2017-04-11 19:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165972016 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165972692 "Over the phase-in period of the increases, affected workers would receive nearly $80 billion in increased wages. Once the increase is fully phased-in, the average affected worker would earn roughly $2,300 more each year than she does today (assuming no change in the number of work hours)."]]> 2017-04-11 19:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/165972692 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166161006 "Since its inception in 1938, the federal minimum wage has been adjusted through legislated increases nine times—from a nominal (non-inflation-adjusted) value of 25 cents per hour in 1938 to the current $7.25, where it has remained since 2009. "]]> 2017-04-12 19:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166161006 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166161037 There are many factors that play into who is greatly affected by the raise of the minimum wage, whether that be because of the geographic location, ethnicity, or gender. ]]> 2017-04-12 19:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166161037 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166162334 "Price indices, such as the CPI, are subject to unpredictable changes in the price of food and energy that may be driven by temporary events, such as political instability or natural disasters. Wages, on the other hand, tend to be more stable, rising as fast—or faster—than prices over the long term, yet with greater predictability for employers and employees alike. "]]> 2017-04-12 20:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166162334 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166162372 Some tipped workers that receive the same amount of money as the minimum wage after tips are only payed 2.13 per hour. ]]> 2017-04-12 20:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/6dp1nji1gb21/wish/166162372