related_tweet: @jonfw2 @public_citizen eroded as inflation grew. dollar to dollar, workers are paid &gt;25 percent less compared to their fellow workers more than 50 years ago.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  had wages kept up with productivity, the federal minimum wage would have been slightly less than $19 an hour ... in 2016. (1/2)