Food Day report examines how minimum wage hike would impact both consumers, workers
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 07:32
in Mathematics & Economics
A new report released today (Wednesday, Oct. 24) in observation of national Food Day 2012 says that a proposal pending in U.S. Congress to raise the minimum wage would increase retail food prices for American consumers by at most 10 cents a day, while helping nearly 8 million food workers and 21 million workers in other industries.