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Minimum Wage Increase Leaves Thousands of Wyomingites Behind

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Thursday, May 31, 2007   

Cody, WY - President Bush is expected to sign the federal minimum wage boost bill soon, which would raise wages of thousands of Wyomingites currently earning $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour over a two-year period. Warren Murphy, of the Wyoming Association of Churches, is pleased that this first minimum wage hike in ten years will go to many folks who are now on the verge of needing welfare.

"I'm convinced that the minimum wage law will really help those who are on that fringe, and really boost them up."

Murphy says a minimum wage hike will also affect wages of those who earn a little more than the minimum. Historically, he notes, their wages rise when the minimum is bumped up. However, people earning as little as $2.13 an hour -- those workers who receive tips as part of their income -- will not benefit from the new law. They've been excluded from the pay hike, as it is assumed that they somehow make up the different in tips. Murphy disagrees.

"It certainly doesn't help the people who are either part-time, or work in sort of fringe restaurants where they may not be any tips at all. Tipped wages, I think, is a big issue that needs to be addressed now that we've dealt with raising the minimum wage."

For a full copy of the report go to www.epi.org.



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