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1996 U.S. Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage
1991 U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour 1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1987 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1969 Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars 1955 President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour 1949 President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents 1946 President Truman ends wage/price freeze 1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1932 U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction 1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 1923 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar 1913 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon 1912 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law 1877 U.S. railroad builders strike against wage reduction 1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors 1758 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75 1171 Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies |
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