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Why do labor unions support minimum wage?

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Many, including me, suspect his preference for a minimum wage increase has more to do with the many union contracts that include automatic raises or ... Organized labor's instantaneous support for President Obama's recent proposal to hike the minimum wage doesn't make much sense at first glance. read more

The minimum wage is an incredibly inefficient way to help the poor because many of the gains go to households that are not in or even near poverty and because the increases in labor costs lead to price increases that must be paid by customers who are often the same low-wage workers supposedly being helped. read more

labor unions like to see the minimum wage increase because their labor contracts are almost always tied, at some level, to the minimum wage. So as the minimum wage increases, their members wages increase as do their REQUIRED membership dues. read more

Organized labor's instantaneous support for President Obama's recent proposal to hike the minimum wage doesn't make much sense at first glance. The average private-sector union member—at least one who still has a job—earns $22 an hour according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more

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