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Minimum Wage Rises to $6.55 in Second Scheduled Increase![]() Watch Video » Read Chairman Miller's statement ยป First Wage Increase in 10 Years for Minimum Wage Workers
Fair Minimum Wage Act![]() Sen. Edward Kennedy, Rep. George Miller and other lawmakers call for a minimum wage increase. The Fair Minimum Wage Act, which passed the House by 315-116 on January 10, 2007, gives a much needed pay raise to up to 13 million of America's lowest-paid workers. Chairman George Miller's statement on the Fair Minimum Wage Act » Video of Chairman Miller's floor statement on the Fair Minimum Wage Act » Introduced by Representative George Miller, the bill increases the minimum wage by $2.10 over two years -- from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour. The bill also extend the minimum wage to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean where Jack Abramoff and former House Majority Whip Tom DeLay undermined efforts to provide basic labor standards, and to American Samoa. Minimum wage increases will be phased in under a different schedule for these territories, given that they are at a different level of economic development than the mainland. How the Fair Minimum Wage Act Will Work:60 days after enactment (July 24, 2007): The minimum wage will increase from the current $5.15 to $5.85 One year after the first increase (July 24, 2008): The minimum wage will increase to $6.55 One year after the second increase (July 24, 2009): The minimum wage will finally increase to $7.25 |
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