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Minimum wages will rise in more states and cities in 2025

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 24, 2024
The $7.25 federal minimum wage has not changed for more than 15 years, but state and local increases have proved popular with voters.
Twenty states still follow the federal minimum wage, which has been stuck at $7.25 since July 2009. Above, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a news conference in 2023.
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SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry on the Fight for $15’s 10-year anniversary

by Dylan Miettinen
Nov 28, 2022
“What gives me hope is something that seemed impossible in 2012 is now very possible,” Henry told Marketplace.
Signs sit in a pile during a 2016 protest in Chicago, where demonstrators demanded a $15 minimum hourly wage.
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