Pros And Cons Of Minimum Pay Gap

The Minimum Wage Gap is a Controversial Topic That Is hotly debated in congress it has been a Conversation of interest ever since 1912 in this country of Massachusetts. Played with idea of raising the low income gap and starting a real middle class in their state. This would allow the poor to be able to compete fairly for goods and practical living conditions. The next year eight other states would follow in their footsteps (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Nebraska, and Utah,) but this ruling would only pertain to Minors and women and really didn’t help men with big family’s or men in general who in those days were the bread winners of the household. Even still these laws were greatly denied true fulfillment due to court rulings.

New York) in 1905 the case was taken to the Supreme Court and was shot down on the ground that New York Maximum hours Law only allowed the worker to set his own price for the labor. Another example of this was in the women’s bid for more pay was the case (Adkins v. Children’s Hospital) where the courts followed suit of the “Freedom of Contract” That was instated by Lochner a loophole around the district of Colombia law that had set the minimum wage for women. It was not until the Great depression that these policies were being brought up all over the country. A new agenda called the “New Deal” the coincided with President Roosevelts Reemployment agreement (1933) that asked employers to sign pledges basically I O U’s that would cover for millions of workers and this would eventually lead to temporary shorter work weeks and livable