Minimum Wage is not a Living Wage

Peggy O'Mara
9 min readJan 5, 2023

CEO pay and corporate profits come first

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It’s been holiday vacation time for most US schools and millions of children were home for two weeks. How did parents who do not make a living wage manage this? Most do not have paid leave and the costs of childcare are out of their reach.

About a third of the US workforce makes less than $15 an hour, including nearly two million who make…

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Peggy O'Mara

Peggy O’Mara is an award winning journalist. She was the Editor and Publisher of Mothering Magazine for over 30 years. Her focus is Family, Health, and Justice.