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1977 President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981
1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents 1970 Umps return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages 1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages 1953 U.S. controls on wages and some consumer goods were lifted 1951 Wages in France increase 11% 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages 1937 U.S. Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day 1923 Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins 1923 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages 1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor, Brain, Wages of Fear 1905 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1892 Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear 1892 Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo 1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages |
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