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Omaha Steve

(103,510 posts) Sun Oct 25, 2015, 06:49 PM Oct 2015

10-24-15 Minimum Wage in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/october-24-minimum-wage/

October 24, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1934. That was the day that the first minimum wage law went into effect in the United States. The minimum was twenty-five cents an hour. The wage law was part of the Fair Labor Standards Act passed earlier that year.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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