Minimum Wage

What proportion of low-wage workers in the text are identified as Latino?

• Nearly one in ten

• Nearly six in ten

• About half

• All of them

The minimum wage is....

• The lowest legal hourly wage an employer can pay an employee

• how much an employer wants to pay their employees

• A suggestion for some employers, on how much they should set their lowest wage

• the total amount of money and employees required to make each year

The Federal or minimum wage for the United States is

• $7.25

• $5.15

• $15

• $17.29

The current minimum wage in the state of Colorado is...

• $13.65

• $8.25

• $5.15

• $17.29

The current minimum wage in the city and county of Denver is

• $17.29

• $7.25

• $13.50

• $15

the last time the United States raised its minimum wage was in ...

• 2002

• 2005

• 2015

• 2009

Colorado and Denver have a higher minimum wage because

• The people of the city and state voted for it

• they have the same minimum wage as the United States

• The president required it

• The governor created a new law

Current efforts to raise the minimum wage, advocate that the minimum wage be raised to

• $22

• $15

• $12

• $10.10

SHOULD THE MINIMUM WAGE BE RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES?

• YES

• NO

Who reintroduced the bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025?

• The Supreme Court

• The President of the United States

• Democrats in Congress

• Republicans in Congress