minimum wage

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He’s also expressed his intention to “make the minimum wage a living wage.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Announcing the new minimum wage package on Thursday, she said it was "the most significant increase in recent years" but acknowledged that it was still "not enough."

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday hiked the minimum wage package by 26.3 percent, to $240, in an attempt to quell growing discontent over difficult living conditions.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Ms. Rodríguez told the nation in an April 8 economic speech that to fight inflation she will approve only a “responsible” minimum wage increase on International Workers’ Day, May 1.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Among its provisions are establishing a forty-hour work week and a national minimum wage as well as prohibiting oppressive child labor and most employment of minors.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler