Group of American Workers who earn less than the federal minimum wage. But first, some context. The fair labor standards act signed by president Franklin Delano roosevelt in 1938, made the minimum wage the law of the land. 77 years later america is locked in a largely partisan debate about raising the federal minimum wage from 7. 25 an hour. Now no matter where you stand on the issue theres no arguing about this, when you adjust for inflation the current wage of 7. 25 is lower than the minimum wage in 1968. In todays dollar the wage back then was 10. 94 an hour. President obama backs a democratic bill that would raise there to 12 an hour but today, hundreds of thousands of disabled workers throughout this country are earning as little as 2 an hour, sometimes even less. Thats because another part of the fair labor standards act allows employers to pay americans with physical and mental disabilities less than the minimum wage. Now the original intent was to encourage businesses to hire p
In a largely partisan debate about raising the federal minimum wage from 7. 25 an hour. Now no matter where you stand on the issue theres no arguing about this, when you adjust for inflation the current wage of 7. 25 is lower than the minimum wage in 1968. In todays dollar the wage back then was 10. 94 an hour. President obama backs a democratic bill that would raise there to 12 an hour but today, hundreds of thousands of disabled workers throughout this country are earning as little as 2 an hour, sometimes even less. Thats because another part of the fair labor standards act allows employers to pay americans with physical and mental disabilities less than the minimum wage. Now the original intent was to encourage businesses to hire people they otherwise wouldnt hire. The law says that these workers disabled workers can be paid based on how much they produce. So theres no minimum wage for the disabled. But low pay isnt the only issue. Critics say disabled workers are segregated from ot
Signed by president Franklin Delano roosevelt in 1938, made the minimum wage the law of the land. 77 years later america is locked in a largely partisan debate about raising the federal minimum wage from 7. 25 an hour. Now no matter where you stand on the issue theres no arguing about this, when you adjust for inflation the current wage of 7. 25 is lower than the minimum wage in 1968. In todays dollar the wage back then was 10. 94 an hour. President obama backs a democratic bill that would raise there to 12 an hour but today, hundreds of thousands of disabled workers throughout this country are earning as little as 2 an hour, sometimes even less. Thats because another part of the fair labor standards act allows employers to pay americans with physical and mental disabilities less than the minimum wage. Now the original intent was to encourage businesses to hire people they otherwise wouldnt hire. The law says that these workers disabled workers can be paid based on how much they produc
Paulson. Its important week. It is. Yes. Thanksgiving by the way coming up. Thank you. Cloudy skies. We had a little break from some of that rain. The cloud cover there is still some up there. Rain stays to the north. That is going to change. Well talk about that coming up in five minutes. Highs today in the 60s. Here is sal. Good morning. Right now San Francisco traffic looking good. No major problems coming up to the 80 split right now. Also the morning commute looks good if you are driving approaching the bay bridge. Its 5 00 lets go back to dave and pam. All right thank you, sal. In just a few hours San Jose Police will be speaking out about a series of crimes that led up to an officer involved shooting. 26yearold Jonathan Wilbanks and another man are responsible for four armed robberies. A homicide and officer involved shooting all in one night. Wilbanks was arrested friday when he and another man opened fire on two officers. One of the officers is hurt and is recovering. Police a
Buses could actually make some parents angry. Plus it is a crisis spinning out of control in the middle east. Israel says its ready to take the conflict to the next level if peace talks dont work. Ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. Good morning, to you. Welcome to monday its november 19th im dave clark. And im pam cook. Thank you for joining us. Lets check in with Steve Paulson for the forecast this week. Pretty nice today . Well, a lot of clouds. The ladder half of the week looks good. Now today is that betweener day. We are waiting for one more front. That will be here tuesday night and early wednesday. Today a lot of clouds. Mostly cloudy. More clouds to the north. Highs in the 60s. Well have aened monday night forecast coming up. Right now traffic is getting a little crowded here at the bay bridge toll plaza. It does not look lighter than usual. You can see traffic is a little busy. Also were looking at the commute on highway 4 its also getting a little slow. 6 01 lets go back