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J. Albert Diaz
The Miami Herald
"When Minimum Isn't Enough- Making Ends Meets"  

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"MEAGER LIVING" Luis Augusto Herrera, exhausted after another all-night shift, sleeps as his wife Sonia, 34, readies their daughter Paola, 6, for school in room they share. They can't afford any furniture on his $5.62 an hour pay-- which is 47 cents above the nation's official minimum wage of $5.15 an hour.
 
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