From: Joseph McAllister
On Dec 30, 2010, at 09:48 , Christine Aguila wrote:
When I got my 1st job (McDonalds) and minimum wage was $2.10 an
hour; I felt very rich at 15. The non-computerized cash
registers rattled like machine guns, and we had to give change
without the help of a cash register--and we were good at it too.
As I recall, my teenage working years, the minimum wage climbed from
42 to 50 cents, then to 65 cents per hour in 1958. I felt rich too,
but got pretty sore working for it. , The 3 AM to 7 AM shift at a
Dunkin' Doughnots, 2nd grill cook at a local Pixie Pancake next door
from 7 AM to 11 AM, then bagging groceries, carrying the bags out to
the car and loading them at the Star Market from 11 AM to 3 PM.
Swimming at Morse's Pond in the late afternoon. Summer days were
certainly full! Only bagging groceries in the late afternoon during
school.
That was likely STATE minimum wages. Your jobs probably weren't covered
by the Federal minimum wage, which was $0.75/hour in 1950 and went up to
$1.00/hour in 1956. There were a lot of gaps in what jobs were covered
by the Federal minimum wage even into the late 90s. If fact, there still
are today.
The first job I had that was covered by Federal minimum wage paid
$1.25/hour.
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