What do you think it would be like to raise a family on the minimum wage? For extra credit, I assigned them to go to the website and view at least three of the episodes and then write a reflection paper on it.
 
7 Days @ Minimum Wage has won maximum exposure in the blog world. More than 30,000 people and counting are clicking in to see and hear the stories about the terrible struggles of men and women trying to live with minimum wage paychecks. The vlog includes the stories of:
·           Paul and Susan, a middle-aged coupled forced out of the middle class;
·           Jessica, a single mother of four who forgoes her dinner so her kids can eat; and
·            Amanda, who says trying to live on minimum wage puts people “on the borderline of homelessness.”
 
The blog was launched last week to help build support for minimum wage initiatives on the ballots in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio. Because of the overwhelming response, 7 Days @ Minimum Wage will continue through Election Day, Nov. 7.
 
The $5.15-an-hour federal minimum wage has not been raised in a decade, yet Congress voted itself nine pay raises since last increasing the minimum wage. The AFL-CIO union movement has spearheaded the America Needs a Raise campaign to raise the minimum wage at the state and federal levels. Along with the ballot initiatives, voters will have a chance Nov. 7 to send strong supporters of a minimum wage increase to Congress, where Democrats have promised to make it a top priority.