If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, the $1.60 of 1968 would be $10.96 today, so workers' demands for raises are getting serious consideration. The fast-food workers Fight for $15 has pushed the New York Labor Board to back a plan to phase in this new minimum over the next six years.
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