The #federal #minimumwage is officially a #poverty wage in #2025
When the minimum wage was created as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, the policy was intended to protect the nation from “the evils and dangers resulting from #wages too low to buy the bare necessities of life.” The last time Congress increased the federal minimum wage was in July 2009, meaning that as prices have risen over the last 15 years, the value of the minimum #wage has fallen by 30%.
https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/
