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The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research

Where the Jobs Are. The New York Times

An editorial pointing out that the increase to $7.25 is not enough to assure adequate pay in the rapidly growing number of low-paying jobs nationally. July 2009

Restoring the Minimum Wage for America's Tipped Workers. Rajesh D. Nayak and Paul K. Sonn

Since 1991, tipped employees who were not coverd by better state minimums have been paid only $2.13 per hour under the federal minimum wage law. This report from the National Employment Law Project argues for raising the federal minimum for tipped employees and linking it to the level of the regular minimum wage. August 2009 

Low-Wage Workers Are Often Cheated, Study Says. New York Times

A stronger minimum wage for the future will mean not only a higher one but an enforced one as well. This article on a major study of employment and labor law violations summarizes the severity of the problem.  September 2009

Prompted in part by the study of wage violations cited above, cities and states seek to strengthen enforcement. 2009

Lower-wage jobs can spur the economy. Los Angeles Times

The rationale behind the city's creation of thousands of new subsidized jobs paying $10 per hour. February 2010

Revised formula counts more Americans in poverty. huffingtonpost.com

Although the minimum wage isn't mentioned here, the revised formula for calculating poverty threshholds is likely to be an important topic in the next round of minimum wage debates. September 2009

Two brief analyses from the Economic Policy Institute on the relation of the minimum wage to the recession. May 2009/February 2010

Manufacturers reiterate call for National Minimum Wage formula. eef.org

Great Britain's manufacturers look for a way to plan ahead on wages by means of a minimum wage formula based on trends in pay rates nationally. September 2009

The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research