Does anyone believe this. Gingrich's friend, Richard Berman, just won't quit.
Richardson_D wrote:
> BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998
>
> More than 146,000 jobs were eliminated in the restaurant industry as a
> result of the minimum wage increases in 1996 and 1997, the National
> Restaurant Association says. Restaurant operators also postponed hiring
> 106,000 employees as a result of the increase in the minimum wage from
> $4.25 to $5.15 an hour, the association said. Employees most affected
> by the job losses were cooks, according to the research.... The
> findings are based on interviews with 1,001 restaurant owners and
> managers nationwide, conducted for the NRA by International
> Communications Research, Media, Pa. (Daily Labor Report, page A4).
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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