The data shows that 47% of Black workers make less than $15 an hour, compared to 26% of white workers. Across gender, 40% of women make under $15 an hour, compared to 25% of men. And among women of color, the report found that half (50%) are paid less than $15 an hour.
“It’s been 13 years since Congress raised the wage floor in this country, and in that time all costs of living have steadily climbed,” Kaitlyn Henderson, senior researcher at Oxfam said in the report’s release, according to The Huffington Post.
If Congress were to pass a universal minimum wage of $15 per hour, Oxfam says the move would lift millions out of poverty and aid in reducing the ever-growing wealth gap in the US.
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