Assertion: minimum wage | /r/HasProperty | increased
Facets:
value: gradually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Many commentators argue that the federal minimum wage should be increased to align with a living wage.
text: 50.2% of workers in this age group were paid minimum wage in 2013, an increase from 31.5% in 1997.
text: Their 65 respondents were nearly evenly divided when asked if the minimum wage should be increased.
text: The last time the federal minimum wage was increased was in 2009.
text: Since it was enacted in 1938, the federal minimum wage has been increased 22 times, but, despite inflation, it hasn’t increased since 2009, and remains stuck at a meager $7.25 per hour.
text: As mentioned, the minimum wage in Georgia was set at $5.15 an hour, as determined by local law, until the federal minimum wage was increased and applied to all states across the nation.
text: Figure D shows the number of workers who are likely to receive a raise as the minimum wage is gradually increased.