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The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
Fix it and forget it: Index the minimum wage to growth in average wages. Heidi Shierholz
From the Economic Policy Institute, a persuasive case for indexing
the minimum wage to average wages instead of to consumer prices. December 2009
Securing the Wage Floor. Michael Ettlinger
From the Economic Policy Institute, the details of indexing
the minimum wage and the debate over the consequences of doing so. October 2006
Home pages from two of the nations where the national minimum
wage is regularly adjusted by a government body.
Washington State Minimum Wage Information
The state Department of Labor and Industries' page on
the minimum wage with information about its yearly recalculation.
Florida Minimum Wage Amendment, 2004
The full text of Florida's amendment.
Automatic Adjustment of the Minimum Wage: Linking the Minimum Wage to Productivity. Oren M. Levin-Waldman
From 1998, an economist's analysis of the advantages of linking
the minimum wage to median wages and to productivity increases.
San Francisco Minimum Wage Ordinance. Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
In 2003, San Francisco approved a city minimum wage to be indexed
to the Consumer Price Index. For 2011, this wage is $9.92 per hour.
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