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New Study Confirms 4.1 Million African Americans Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase
… Click here to view the report (Washington, DC, March 27, 2014) – A new study conducted by the AFL-CIO confirms 4,123,000 African American workers would benefit if the federal minimum wage were increased to $10.10 per hour. The study, “Closing the Gap to the American Dream,” which uses information provided by the Economic Policy Institute, found that while African Americans …