$6.75 Is Not Enough — Raise the Minimum Wage!
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008$6.75 Is Not Enough is a campaign to increase the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour for all people in San Francisco. In 1968, the federal minimum wage was $1.60 per hour. That year, the minimum wage had the greatest purchasing power. If that wage had kept up with inflation for the past 35 years, the federal minimum wage would be $8.50 an hour today — all across the country — not just in places like San Francisco with a high cost of living. The federal minimum wage is only $5.15 per hour (for workers who are classified as tipped employees it is only $2.13 per hour). Because our representatives in Washington have refused to take action on this most basic issue of economic justice, millions of workers across the country are falling further and further behind every year. (more…)