Friday’s Minimum Wage Increase Helps Two Million Workers, Economy

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/11585

Minimum wage workers across the country will see a bump in pay on Friday. That’s when the federal minimum is set to increase to $7.25 per hour. According to estimates more than 2 million workers will see an extra $120 per month in their paychecks. West Virginia has one of the highest percentages of minimum wage workers in the nation. Rick Wilson of the American Friends Service Committee West Virginia Economic Justice Project told the West Virginia News Service the extra money in their pockets will go right back into the economy.

: “West Virginia has a really high percentage of workers who’ll be affected by this. One figure I saw was close to 13 percent of the state’s workforce "I don’t think you see a lot of cobwebs accumulating on any increased wages that low-income people get. It’s not going to sit around in a bank account very long and it’s not going to be invested overseas."

Thirty states currently have minimum wage rates that are at or below the federal minimum and will see an increase on Friday.

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[Zodiak]

4. Is this the federal increase that passed years ago?

If so, it is about damned time.