Why It Matters: Minimum Wage

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Business
Wed, 09/21/2016 - 9:19am

WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: Modest income growth for most Americans, strikes by fast-food workers, and the rapid growth of low-paying jobs at the same time middle-income work shrinks have combined to make the minimum wage a top economic issue…

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