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 President Obama sends his 2015 budget to Congress, announcing that it is a 'roadmap for creating jobs with good wages and expanding opportunity for all Americans' 1977 Event President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981 1971 Event President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents 1970 Event Umps return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages 1955 Event West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages 1953 Event U.S. controls on wages and some consumer goods were lifted 1951 Event Wages in France increase 11% 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1941 Event Netherlands begins taxing wages 1937 Event U.S. Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day 1923 Event Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins 1923 Event Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages 1919 Event British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1919 Event Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 1914 Event Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 Birthday Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor, Brain, Wages of Fear 1905 Event Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1892 Birthday Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear 1892 Event Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo 1860 Event Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
