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On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
After three increments of 50-cent increases to minimum wages in American Samoa, a cannery that once employed over 2,000 people closed.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Faleomavaega highlights the negative impact of minimum wage increases on employment.

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