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    What US president raised the minimum wage of 25 cents to $l.25?

    Question #4418. Asked by Maggie.

    Roxanne33

    Franklin D. Roosevelt passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938.


    In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed the first federal minimum wage under his National Recovery Act. This act called for a minimum wage of 25 cents per hour. The Supreme Court struck down the National Recovery Act as unconstitutional, rendering the minimum wage unenforceable. In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act reinstated the same 25 cent federal minimum wage, along with the legal mechanisms necessary to adjust it over time.
    http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-minimum-wage.htm

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    Jul 19 00, 6:59 PM
    zbeckabee

    The minimum wage changed in 1963 from $1.15 to $1.25.

    The following are the mimimum wages from 1955-1966:

    1955 0.75
    1956 1.00
    1957 1.00
    1958 1.00
    1959 1.00
    1960 1.00
    1961 1.15
    1962 1.15
    1963 1.25
    1964 1.25
    1965 1.25
    1966 1.25

    http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774473.html

    Mar 23 08, 5:08 PM
    McGruff

    The federal minimum wage started at 25 cents an hour on Oct 24, 1938 but did not reach $1.25 an hour until Sep 3, 1963. John Kennedy was the US president at that time.

    The Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961 were enacted on September 3, 1961, raising the minimum wage from $1.00 to $1.15 an hour, and allowing for another increase on September 3, 1963 to $1.25 an hour.
    http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/chart.htm

    September 3, 1961
    President signs $1.25 Minimum Wage Bill, expanding coverage by several million for the first time since original passage.
    http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Selected+Milestones+in+the+Presidency+of+John+F.+Kennedy.htm

    Mar 23 08, 11:28 PM

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