Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030
April 08, 2025
April 08, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
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Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030
WASHINGTON, DC - The last time the federal minimum wage was raised it was July of 2009 - Barack Obama had just been elected president, iPads hadn't come out yet, and the world was experiencing a global recession. Since then, corporate profits have risen as has the costs of goods, but the . . .
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Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030
WASHINGTON, DC - The last time the federal minimum wage was raised it was July of 2009 - Barack Obama had just been elected president, iPads hadn't come out yet, and the world was experiencing a global recession. Since then, corporate profits have risen as has the costs of goods, but the . . .