The increase would raise the wage to $7.25 an hour from $5.15 over two years.

Would have raised the state's minimum wage above its current level of $4.25 an hour.

The bill would raise the minimum wage for the first time in eight years, to $4.55 an hour, up from $3.35.

Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage, $5.15 an hour, since 1997.

Chicago passed legislation to force the company to raise its wages.

This would raise the average minimum wage from 737 to 744.

That has put pressure on the city's employers to raise wages.

In May 1951, these organizations agreed not to raise wages or prices for five months.

Washington State raises its minimum wage from $2.30 to $3.85.

"But they cannot make fun of the fact that for the first time in 10 years, we have raised the minimum wage."