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Federal minimum wage sets record with no increase since 2009
Theguardian.com
The US federal minimum wage has gone a record length of time without an increase, with the $7.25-an-hour base, remaining unchanged for nearly a decade as of Sunday.
For minimum-wage workers who have a 40-hour work week, and work 52 weeks without having any unpaid time off, this equates to just $15,080 annually, according to a CNN calculation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/16/federal-minimum-wage-record-no-increase-since-2009
