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AFT Resolution

FAIR MINIMUM WAGE LAW

WHEREAS, the minimum wage has not been increased since 1974; and

WHEREAS, a worker receiving the current minimum wage can work full time and still be eligible for wel­fare, food stamps and other public assistance because the current rate falls below the poverty level for a family of four; and

WHEREAS, all of the arguments used against a fair increase in the minimum wage are documentarily false:

RESOLVED, that the AFT support the efforts of the AFL-CIO to secure passage of H.R. 7410 to raise the minimum wage above the poverty  level; and

RESOLVED, that our support for a fair minimum wage include opposition to such gimmicks as youth subminimums which would result in the displacement of full time workers.

(1977)

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