New Haven Register: Raising minimum wage may hurt some workers
By Angela Carter
New Haven Register, 7/28/09
The minimum wage across the nation went to $7.25 per hour Friday from $6.55 an hour, but the extent to which it boosts the spending power of lower-income earners or siphons off those jobs remains to be seen, experts say.
Connecticut business owners are paying close attention to trends in the federal minimum wage even though they are paying $8 per hour, with an increase to $8.25 in January 2010.