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Michigan workers say ‘Raise minimum wage!’
Published Jul 8, 2005 10:30 PM
Nearly 1,000 union and community activists gathered outside the Michigan
State Capitol Building in Lansing on June 29. Called together by the Michigan
AFL-CIO, they demanded that the legislature not adjourn for the summer until the
lawmakers had raised the minimum wage and extended unemployment benefits.
Michigan’s unemployment rate of over 7 percent is one of the highest in
the country and the state’s minimum wage is still the federal $5.15 an
hour. Twelve other states have already raised their state minimum wages.
—Story and photo by David Sole
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