Listen "Racial Justice Through Raising the Minimum Wage"
Episode Synopsis
The federal minimum wage languishes at $7.25 an hour and has not been raised since 2009. Given the disproportionate number of workers of color who receive the minimum wage or less, legal scholar Ruben Garcia argues that the fight for racial justice has to include raising the minimum wage. (Encore presentation.)
Ruben J. Garcia, Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice Is Racial Justice UC Press, 2024
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Ruben J. Garcia, Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice Is Racial Justice UC Press, 2024
Photo credit: Fibonacci Blue
The post Racial Justice Through Raising the Minimum Wage appeared first on KPFA.
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