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    :: Monday, January 10, 2005 ::

    Oregon's minimum wage is nation's second-highest By William McCall, AP
    PORTLAND -- Oregon has the second-highest minimum wage in the nation as 2005 begins, trailing only its neighbor to the north, Washington state, where the minimum is now $7.35 per hour.

    The $7.25-per-hour rate in Oregon that took effect Saturday is well above the federal minimum of $5.15 per hour, a rate that has not changed since 1997.

    The minimum wage has been a politically charged issue since Oregon became the national pioneer for a basic wage level in 1913 with a successful crusade by Sister Miriam Theresa to force the Legislature to pass a wage law to address sweatshop practices in the state.
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