Minimum Wage Workers , Across the U.S. Hit Hard , By Surging Gas Prices.<br />'Newsweek' reports that many minimum wage workers <br />in the United States are spending almost an hour's pay <br />on their commute to work amid surging gas prices. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that many minimum wage workers <br />in the United States are spending almost an hour's pay <br />on their commute to work amid surging gas prices. .<br />Last week, gas prices in the U.S. <br />reached record highs after Washington <br />banned Russian energy imports. .<br />Last week, gas prices in the U.S. <br />reached record highs after Washington <br />banned Russian energy imports. .<br />According to the U.S. Census Bureau, <br />over 75% of Americans drive to work every day. .<br />If you are making less than a living wage, <br />you are already making decisions about <br />how to pay for rent and how to stretch <br />your dollars because you don't <br />have enough for rent and for food <br />and for all the other necessities <br />by the time of your next paycheck, Adam Shah, Director of national policy <br />at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.<br />If you are making less than a living wage, <br />you are already making decisions about <br />how to pay for rent and how to stretch <br />your dollars because you don't <br />have enough for rent and for food <br />and for all the other necessities <br />by the time of your next paycheck, Adam Shah, Director of national policy <br />at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.<br />The issue of having to choose <br />between medicine and gasoline <br />and rent become even worse <br />as inflation spikes, Adam Shah, Director of national policy <br />at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.<br />The issue of having to choose <br />between medicine and gasoline <br />and rent become even worse <br />as inflation spikes, Adam Shah, Director of national policy <br />at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.<br />Even in states with either a higher minimum wage or more stable gas prices, minimum wage workers spend over 50% of a day's work on a full tank of gas. .<br />Even in states with either a higher minimum wage or more stable gas prices, minimum wage workers spend over 50% of a day's work on a full tank of gas. .<br />In states like Idaho and Pennsylvania, which both have lower minimum wages and high gas prices, workers are spending as much as 90% of a day's pay on a full tank. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that while costs have <br />risen sharply, federal minimum wage rates <br />have remained unchanged for over a decade. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that while costs have <br />risen sharply, federal minimum wage rates <br />have remained unchanged for over a decade. .<br />The federal minimum wage has been frozen <br />for years. It was already scandalously low <br />when the COVID driven price increases hit, <br />and of course it has not responded at all <br />to these increases in the cost of living, Damon Silvers, the American Federation of Labor and Congress <br />of Industrial Organizations's senior strategic advisor <br />and special counsel to the President, via 'Newsweek.<br />The federal minimum wage has been frozen <br />for years. It was already scandalously low <br />when the COVID driven price increases hit, <br />and of course it has not responded at all <br />to these increases in the cost of living, Damon Silvers, the American Federation of Labor and Congress <br />of Industrial Organizations's senior strategic advisor <br />and special counsel to the President, via 'Newsweek
