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1988 New minimum wage
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 5.29.46 PM_thumb.png2023-03-23T00:30:43+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4912Photograph shows Margarita Vargas speaking at a rally to inform workers in the garment district not to work for less than $4.25 an hour, which is the new minimum wage. Photograph dated July 1, 1988 “Although the increase to $4.25 fell short of the $5.01 “moral minimum wage” sought by organized labor and community groups who had lobbied hard for an increase, leaders in the movement declared themselves pleased with Friday’s vote. “This is a major victory for minimum-wage workers throughout the state,” said the Rev. John Seymour, pastor of Ascension Church in South-Central Los Angeles and a leader of a grass-roots lobbying effort by three Los Angeles community organizations for the increased wage.”” BY HENRY WEINSTEIN DEC. 19, 1987plain2023-08-12T01:26:36+00:001987-1988sparcinla.org185fc5b2219f38c7b63f42d87efaf997127ba4fc