 As a group with came up with a decision as in what we wanted to do our project about.  We decided to pick a topic that we all could relate to and many Americans.

 Everyday someone is effect by low in- come wages, so this is a way we could try to make people aware of the struggling citizens that rely on minimum wage.

 The group could relate to the question because we are all full time student and relying on minimum wage to support daily.  We see a lot of low-poverty family in Massachusetts. So we would like to see a change to help minimum wage workers.

 Massachusetts is 7 th on the list for highest hourly paid minimum wages but it contradicts itself because it’s expensive to live here.  Boston, Mass is the 9 th most expensive place to live. It is all the 119 on the world most expensive places to live.

 Starting 2008 the Massachusetts minimum was up to $8.00 and haven’t be raised since then.  Employees doesn’t have to pay there employees for sick days or vacations.

Massachusetts Blue Law  Some employees don’t get paid for holidays, night work, and weekends. But the Massachusetts Blue Laws, M.G.L. c. 136, §§6, 13, & 16, makes some retails pay for all that.M.G.L. c. 136, §§6, 13, & 16,

Bad effects of Minimum Wage  Low-Income  Poor housings  Live from pay check to pay check.  Rely on state benefits  Struggle for food  Can’t afford new clothing  Hard to support family

 There are many companies that are laying off employees. Those employees make more then the minimum wage. Since the economy is bad a lot of people are force to work 2-3 minimum wage jobs to support their family.

 You can’t raise minimum wage easily because it could affect the economy.  Some state it could lower competitiveness and impede economic growth, which encourages the out source of jobs.

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