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The U.S. Department of Labor provides many interlinked pages
about the minimum wage and about its enabling legislation, the Fair Labor Standards Act. The pages here include information
on who is covered and who is not, the history of changes in the wage level and coverage, minimum wages in the states, and
an interactive advisor for employees and employers.
Real Value of the Minimum Wage, 1947-2006
From the Economic Policy Institute, a table of 60 years of federal minimum wages with their
values in today's dollars.
Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2005. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tables on workers earning the federal minimum wage or less,
by region, ethnicity, age, gender, occupation, industry, education, marital status, and hours worked.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as Amended
The legislation that mandated the minimum wage (along with
the 40-hour work week and time-and-a-half overtime). Amendments of the wage itself appear on or near page 6 of
the document (page 10 of the file).
Thomas -- The U.S. Congress on the Internet
The Web service for tracking legislation in the House of Representatives and the Senate, from the Library
of Congress in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson. Entering "minimum wage" will take you to a list of bills considered in
the House and Senate.
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