Minimum Wage In 1938 Essay

Minimum Wage Since 1938 Until 1938, there was no such thing as a minimum wage that was set by the government. All workers got paid based on whatever the boss of the workplace was willing to give them. Then the United States government passed a bill that set a federal minimum wage in 1938, which changed how people got paid. The wage started out at 25 cents. However, a wage of 25 cents in 1938 doesn’t equal the same amount in money during the present day. The only reason why the wage in 1938 and the same amount in present day America, is due to inflation. There is a graph that shows how the federal minimum wage has changed since it was first implemented. The graph is a line graph that has two lines: one that shows the wage as it was when it was set by the government (unadjusted), and another graph that shows the wages adjusted for inflation (inflation adjusted). This means that a wage

This article is a positive one, meaning that it is based on facts rather than opinions. It focuses on what has happened or what is happening by describing how the minimum wage has changed since 1938 and how that wage would be worth during the present day. Moreover, one strength of the article is that it has organized graph that is generally easy to follow and read. Another strength is the piece uses accurate data and sources as the information used for the graph is gotten from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It also has a little introduction and a graph, there’s no extra information and is straight to the point. However, this is also one of the article’s weaknesses, as it doesn’t give background information for what going on with the graph thus making one think about why and what is happening. A reader could easily be confused as to why there was fluctuations without any historical background about what was happening at the time. That is the article’s main and only