of or relating to a minimum wage.
minimum-wage demands.
paid or earning a minimum wage.
a minimum-wage worker.
paying a minimum wage.
a minimum-wage job.
First recorded in 1855–60
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Over the years, the union has submitted dozens of local and statewide ballot initiatives, including ones to cap the pay of hospital executives, regulate dialysis clinics, and raise the minimum wage of healthcare workers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Meanwhile the reward for the folding shrank: The federal minimum wage, adjusted for inflation, is worth about 40% less than at its 1968 peak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Enrollees are paid the highest of the state, federal or local minimum wage and work an average of 20 hours per week.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
He has also promised to build on Petro's legacy of increasing the minimum wage, raising education spending and transferring land to poor communities.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Declaring that he would never take back the strikers, he raised the minimum wage for a police officer and set about recruiting an entire new police force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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