A Dime A Day: The Impact of the Miller/Harkin Minimum Wage Proposal on the Price of Food

Copyright

2012

Published By

Food Chain Workers Alliance

This report provides a detailed examination of the potential price increases of an increase in the federal minimum wage. It concludes that a minimum wage increase would result in a significant pay raise for food workers, while the average increase in the price of food for consumers would be no more than 10 cents per day.