2015 Event Los Angeles County, U.S., votes to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour from $9/hour; the new pay rate will be valid for county workers and employees working in unincorporated areas of the county 2015 Event Walmart announces that in April it will raise wages of 500,000 Sam's Club and Walmart workers to $9/hour, exceeding the current minimum wage by $1.75, with a further raise to $10/hour by next February 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2014 Event Voters in Switzerland reject a proposal to raise the minimum wage to about $25 per hour; if passed, the rate would have been the highest minimum wage in Europe 2014 Event Union backers and California legislators are seeking to raise the state's minimum wage to $13 per hour; Governor Jerry Brown ratified a law only 8 months ago to raise the wage to $10 an hour by 2016 2013 Event In the U.S., 2.5 million minimum wage workers will get a raise January 1st in thirteen states including Colorado, Rhode Island and Connecticut 2010 Event In Beijing, the minimum wage is raised by 20%, the second time in six months 1996 Event U.S. Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage 1991 Event U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour 1991 Event U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1987 Event 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1969 Event Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars 1955 Event President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour 1949 Event President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents 1946 Event President Truman ends wage/price freeze 1946 Event Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1938 Event Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1933 Event Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 Event Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1932 Event U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction 1926 Event James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1924 Event Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 1923 Event General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar 1913 Event 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon 1912 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law 1877 Event U.S. railroad builders strike against wage reduction 1776 Event Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors 1758 Death Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75 1171 Death Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies
