claim: "according to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
author: david cicilline
evidence_1: jun 18, 2013 ... the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is worth $2 less today than it was in 1968  when adjusted for inflation. that's one of the findings in a june study by t... ...  according to the epi study, a full-time worker would need to earn ...
evidence_2: feb 21, 2014 ... providence, r.i. -- debate over raising the minimum wage is heating up. ...  minimum wage have seen an increase in the minimum wage, and according to  one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968.
evidence_3: jan 4, 2017 ... while the idea of raising the minimum wage is broadly popular, ... wage is  broadly popular, a pew research center survey this past ... 1adjusted for  inflation, the federal minimum wage peaked in 1968 at ... that 2.6 million  represents less than 2% of all wage and salary workers. ... fact tanksep 1, 2016  ...
evidence_4: jun 18, 2013 ... on this 50th anniversary year of the march on washington for jobs ... national  minimum wage of over $13.001 an hour in today's dollars.2 ... after adjusting for  inflation, the minimum wage today—$7.25—is worth $2.00 less than in 1968, .... “ we will not stop our marching feet until our kids…can study a wide ...
evidence_5: "according to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."  — politifact ... now we've had job growth, i think, for 24 consecutive months.".