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National Employment Law Project
90 Broad Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10004
Stagnant income is the crisis of our time. Thanks to the productivity of America’s workers, the U.S. economy is nearly twice as large per capita as it was in 1980—but most families have nothing to show for it. Corporate profits as a share of our national income are at an all-time high, while wages are at a 65-year low.
Raising the minimum wage is one of the best tools we have to lift incomes and grow our consumer-driven economy. But in the past 40 years, the federal minimum wage—stuck at $7.25 since 2009—has lost 30 percent of its value. In Washington and in states and cities around the country, NELP is fighting for a wage families can live on—and an economy that works for all of us.
NELP’s Raise the Minimum Wage website is the best online repository of information on the minimum wage and on campaigns to raise wages around the country.
No longer just a rallying cry, since 2014 the call for a $15 wage has spread to a growing number of jurisdictions – including major cities and states. The following resources make the case for the need for and feasibility of phasing the minimum wage up to around $15, and illustrate the strong public support high-wage proposals enjoy.
Click the image below for a complete list of NELP resources on the movement for $15.
Access NELP’s complete list of campaigns for higher minimum wages by clicking the image below.
National Employment Law Project
90 Broad Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10004
