GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin not among 22 states that increased minimum wage in 2024

 

As shown in a graph below, Wisconsin hasn't boosted the minimum wage in 14 years.  It's been stuck at $7.25 since 2010.

Photos:  Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin  Assembly

Headline: United Press International, 1/2/2024

Hispanic workers represent about 19.6% of the workforce in states increasing the minimum wage. Yet they make up 37.9% of the workers that will experience wage increases. Black workers are 9% of those workforces and represent more than 11% of those affected. 

States that are raising the minimum wage are doing so through either legislation or ballot measures. Thirteen states have policies in place to adjust the minimum wage based on inflation. This includes raising wages for hourly workers and workers whose wages include tips.

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