Raising the Minimum Wage Essentially Helps Women: Think Progress

[Stuart G]

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/17/708511/study-raising-minimum-wage-women/

By Tara Culp-Ressler on Aug 17, 2012 at 4:30 pm


A group of House Democrats are seeking to increase the minimum wage to $9.80 per hour in order to help shrink the ever-increasing gap between the wealthiest Americans and struggling workers. This modest increase to the current $7.25 per hour would help catch the wage up to the rate of inflation, since the buying power of the 1968 minimum wage is the equivalent of about $10.55 an hour today.

A new report from the Economic Policy Institute finds that, while raising the minimum wage to the proposed $9.80 level would have a significant impact on about 28 million low-income workers, it would especially benefit women. As the report puts it, the fact that “women comprise 54.5 percent of workers who would be affected by a potential minimum-wage increase makes it a women’s issue”:

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2. Thanks for the great article Stuart. nt.