Ruth Milkman Comments on Minimum Wage and Inequality

As Minimum Wages Rise, Some Say Too Little, Too Late

CNBC.com, 6.1.15
If you're working at the current minimum wage in a lot of places, you're still in poverty, especially if you're supporting other people," said Ruth Milkman, a sociologist of labor and labor movements at the City University of New York Graduate Center. "That's a reflection of the growth in inequality."