Corey+Wells

= = =Minimum wage= > set a new uniform wage schedule for all covered workers United States Department of Labor. "U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division (WHD) - Minimum Wage." //United States Department of Labor//. Web. 10 Apr. 2012. []. "The Facts About Minimum Wage." //Center for American Progress//. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. [].
 * 1) the minimum wage is 7.25 an hour and this started on july 24th 2009
 * 2) on may 14 1947 portal to portal act amended the FLSA which was important because it resolved some of the issues that had to do with hours worked for the FLSA
 * 3) in 1949 the minimum wage was raised from 40 cents an hour to 75 cents an hour
 * 4) in 1955 there was an amendment that raised the minimum wage to 1.00 without having any changes in coverage
 * 5) in 1961 there was an amendment that expanded the FLSA's view on retail trade sector or industy and increased the minimum wage to 1.10 an hour
 * 6) september 1961 minimum wage went to 1.15 an hour
 * 7) in september 1963 minimum wage was 1.25 an hour
 * 8) 1968 minimum wage 1.30
 * 9) in 1969 it was raised to 1.45
 * 10) 1970 it was raised 1.60
 * 11) in 1974 the minimum wage increased to 2.00
 * 12) increased to 2.10 in 1975
 * 13) increased to 2.30 in 1976
 * 14) The 1977 amendments, by eliminating the separate lower minimum for large agricultural employers
 * 1) the minimum wage went to 2.65 in january of 1978
 * 2) it was raised to 3.10 in 1980
 * 3) in 1981 the minimum wage was raised to 3.35
 * 4) The minimum wage was raised to $3.80 an hour beginning April 1, 1990
 * 5) it was raised to $4.25 an hour beginning April 1, 1991.
 * 6) The amendments also established a training wage provision (at 85% of the minimum wage, but not less than $3.35 an hour) for employees under the age of twenty, a provision that expired in 1993.
 * 7) The 1996 amendments increased the minimum wage to $4.75 an hour on October 1, 1996
 * 8) it was raised to $5.15 an hour on September 1, 1997.
 * 9) The 2007 amendments increased the minimum wage to $5.85
 * 10) July 24, 2007 it was raised to $6.55 per hour
 * 11) July 24, 2008 it was raised to $7.25 per hour
 * 1) the increase from $5.15 dollars an hour would effect about 13 million workers which is about 9.8 percent of the workforce.
 * 2) Twelve million adults wage earners, which is about 80 percent of population that will directly benefit from a minimum wage increase
 * 3) there is about seven million families that have children which is about 46 percent of the whole low minimum wage families currently make all of their money off of minimum wage.
 * 4) with the increase of the minimum wage from a annual earning of 10,700 to 15,000
 * 5) the minimum wage will not harm our economy
 * 6) the minimum wage increase would not destroy job growth between 1997 and 2003 the small business empoyment increased by 9.4 percent.
 * 7) the minimum wage would not shut down small businesses. the businesses in minimum wage states had increased by 5.5 percent.
 * 8) 83 percent of americans support the increase of federal minimum wage
 * 9) a decade of federal inaction has prompted 29 states to raise the minimum wage above 5.15
 * 10) The minimum wage is an opportunity for bipartisanship. In 2006, the governors and state legislatures of California, Michigan, and Pennsylvania worked across party lines to raise the minimum wage.
 * 11) In 2006, the minimum wage ballot initiatives had a “6-0” winning record in six states that voted for George Bush in 2000 and 2004. The minimum wage presents an issue that can unite, rather than divide, America