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A Minimum Minimum Wage Increase (1977)
This Day in Esoteric Political History
English - November 02, 2021 15:59 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 913 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It’s November 2nd. This day in 1977, Jimmy Carter signed legislation to raise the minimum wage to $3.35.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the relatively short history of the minimum wage in this country — one in which the rate was increased fairly regularly, until a generation ago.
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