The Nation - News from March 4, 1988
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The Democratic-controlled House labor standards subcommittee voted along party lines to increase the minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.65 an hour over the next three years. The 6-3 vote came after Democrats defeated Republican amendments designed to either water down or kill the measure, which would raise the minimum wage 50 cents an hour on Jan. 1, 1989, and 40 cents an hour each of the following years. However, the subcommittee refused, 7 to 2, to tie future increases to inflation.
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