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Minimum wage fight Showdown over Amendment 42 centers on tying raises to Consumer Price Index
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What if the minimum wage increased every year, adjusted for
inflation?
It's not just a hypothetical - it's a key part of Amendment 42,
the ballot issue this November that would raise the minimum wage to
$6.85 from $5.15.
Each year thereafter, per the state constitution, the minimum wage
"shall be adjusted annually for inflation, as measured by the
Consumer Price Index used for Colorado," the measure states.
To proponents of the union- backed measure, the idea is simple.
Ra...
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Scrap the Minimum Wage?
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New York Times Upfront
; The federal minimum wage has been the focus of intense debate ever since its inception during the Depression, in 1938. That year, the minimum wage was set at 25 cents an hour. It has been raised 19 times since, over the objections of opponents who say that higher minimums hurt job creation,
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Poll suggests most voters in Nevada support minimum wage increase.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17--The 21-year-old woman has been living in Las Vegas for only three months, but she already has made her mind up about one ...
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Employers Attack D.C Plan for Higher Minimum Wage
The Washington Post
; A proposal to establish a higher minimum wage in the District for some clerical and other workers was attacked yesterday by employers who said it would raise their cost of doing business during a difficult recession and drive jobs into the suburbs. The proposal, which would raise the D.C. minimum
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Minimum wage hike means a fortune
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; tara@wvgazette.com If you work in West Virginia, you're more likely to bring home minimum wage - or less - than in any other state except Oklahoma, which is tied for first. Put it this way: If you work for an hourly wage in West Virginia, chances are better than 1 in 4 that your paycheck will get
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