10 years of failing to raise the federal minimum wage

By Micky Bedell November 26, 2019 The Facebook 10-year challenge has come around again. People who use the social media platform are encouraged to post photographs of themselves from now and 10 years ago. The point is to see how much people, and their lives, change in a decade. Here’s something that hasn’t changed in 10 years: the federal minimum wage. It was last raised in 2009, to $7.25 an hour.The Facebook 10-year challenge has come around again. People who use the social media platform are encouraged to post photographs of themselves from now and 10 years ago. The point is to see how much people, and their lives, change in a decade. ...