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DIANNE PINDERHUGHES

Dianne Pinderhughes
University of Notre Dame

Dianne Pinderhughes, is a professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University. She was formerly a political science professor at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne. Her research interests are American politics, racial and ethnic politics, interest groups, and public policy. She was awarded the 2001 American Political Science Association Frank J. Goodnow Distinguished Service Award. Publications include: Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics: A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory, University of Illinois Press, 1987; Voting Rights and Redistricting: An introductory Essay, Symposium: Race and Representation, National Political Science Review, Transaction Publishers, 1997.

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About 10.4 million workers may be potentially affected by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (FMWA). Among the 7.7 million workers whose earnings may increase exclusively as a result of the proposed federal increases, about half (52.6 percent, or 4 million) are whites, about one in six (17.7 percent, or 1.4 million) are African Americans, nearly one quarter (23.9 percent, or 1.8 million) are Hispanics, 2.5 percent are Asians or Pacific Islanders, and 1.3 percent are American Indians and Alaska Natives. The other group is made up of 2.7 million workers who may first benefit from minimum wage increases in their states, and then later benefit from the FMWA as it raises the minimum wage to $6.55 by 2008 and $7.25 by 2009.Learn More