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Sun Dec 15, 2013, 12:01 PM

Dec 2013

On minimum wage, U.S. lags many rivals

By Chris Isidore

President Obama's proposal to hike the U.S. minimum wage to $9 an hour would still leave the lowest-paid American workers trailing their counterparts in several other major industrial countries.

The world's highest minimum wage is paid in Australia, where workers are paid at least 15.96 Australian dollars, or $16.91, an hour.

Canada does not have a national minimum wage, but the lowest provincial minimum wage is in Alberta, where workers must be paid at least 9.75 Canadian dollars, or $9.73, an hour, while workers in Yukon get at least $10.27.

Figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a multinational research body, show nine countries around the world where the minimum wage is more than the $9 President Obama is proposing.

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http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/13/news/economy/minimum-wage-countries/index.html

Yup we need to start somewhere: $10 would bring us closer to the UK. It would be great if we could match Australia or lead the developed countries.

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Increase the minimum wage! [View all] Laelth Dec 2013 OP

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Just posting on the thread "kicks" it. Laelth Dec 2013 #41

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My household is also boycotting all 3 of the businesses you mention. Laelth Dec 2013 #25

I have met no one who argues against raising the minimum wage Orrex Dec 2013 #23

It is astounding and incomprehensible. Laelth Dec 2013 #27

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You're right, and it's frustrating. Laelth Dec 2013 #33

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