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| Wage Theft: A Crime You Can Get Away With Huffington Post Wage theft, or the illegal underpayment of workers, has become so widespread, it affects millions of workers across the country and is nearly ubiquitous in certain industries: retail, restaurants, hospitality, day-labor, warehousing, child care, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Back off wage, benefit demands, union told Calgary Herald The man credited with launching the minivan segment in North America called on Canadian union officials Thursday to scale back wage and benefits demands or risk losing more auto investment to lower-cost jurisdictions in the US and Mexico. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Higher Minimum Wage ... Lower Jobs Growth Fox Business By Elizabeth MacDonald It sounds like a great idea to help lower wage workers and college graduates -- and the US economy. Democrat lawmaker Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is now backing a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $10 from $7.25. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Some Walmart workers want better wages, affordable benefits AZ Central.com They are prodding the giant retailer to provide better wages, affordable benefits and reasonably reliable schedules for store employees nationwide. Their campaign comes not only at a time when many low-wage workers in the US are struggling to make ends ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Left pushes for $10 minimum wage, but House Democratic leadership balks The Hill (blog) By Mike Lillis - 06/07/12 08:40 PM ET The House Democrats pushing for a steep hike in the minimum wage could face an unlikely foe: their own leadership. Behind Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.), almost two dozen liberal Democrats endorsed legislation this ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Congressman wants to increase minimum wage to $10 Examiner.com Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) said that needs to change, which is why on June 6 he introduced legislation in the US House that would raise the current federal, minimum wage to $10 per hour from $7.25. "I think what Congressman Jackson is doing is good. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The minimum wage: 100 years later The Times and Democrat June marks the 100 year anniversary of the first minimum wage law passed in the United States. And, while there is nothing new about low-wage work — we should take this occasion to recognize an even more dispiriting fact about the low-wage work force: ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Christie Says He'll Reject Bill to Lift N.J. Minimum Wage Bloomberg Governor Chris Christie said he won't sign a measure that would raise New Jersey's minimum wage, citing concern over a provision that would require annual adjustments tied to inflation. The measure, pushed by Democrats, would raise the hourly wage ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New wage structure for labour market opinion applications International Law Office In connection with this announcement, Human Resource and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) has adopted a new wage structure that will apply to labour market opinion and accelerated labour market opinion applications. Under the previous wage structure, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Senate Passes Minimum Wage Increase Patch.com The last time the minimum wage in Rhode Island was increased was five years ago. The new rate would be $7.75 per hour. By Mark Schieldrop The Rhode Island Senate yesterday passed a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $7.50 per hour. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Aus disappointed with players in wage row Cricketnext.com AP | Updated Jun 08, 2012 at 03:37pm IST Melbourne: Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says he is "surprised and a little bit disappointed" at a players' union response to a pay offer that could see the country's top players 80 million ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bill Would Increase Michigan's Minimum Wage WILX-TV LANSING - Today, Senator Bert Johnson (D-Detroit) introduced a bill that would incrementally increase the state minimum wage to $10.00 per hour by 2015. Following that, the minimum wage would be linked to the rate of inflation as provided by the United ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Permian Basin Community Centers to Pay Nearly $69000 in Overtime Back Wages NewsWest9.com ODESSA, Texas – Permian Basin Community Centers for Mental Health and Mental Retardation, doing business as PBCC, has agreed to pay $68990 in overtime back wages to 78 employees after an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Backpage roundup: Wage structure changes, Gazidis' Usmanov block and more Arsenal Insider By Zach Adams 2012/06/07 Leave a Comment Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis has said that in order to offer lucrative terms to the club's superstar players like captain Robin van Persie, the Gunners are prepared to make changes to their currently 'flat' wage ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Legislation proposed to raise minimum wage to $10 per hour St. Louis American Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) are pushing legislation that will raise the federal minimum wage to $10 hour. The "Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012" would increase the minimum wage and mandate that the minimum wage be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| SACTWU finishes second round of wage negotiations Fibre2fashion.com The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) conclude its second rounds of 2012 wage negotiations, in the various clothing, textile, leather and related sectors, over the period from 9 May to 30 May 2012. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cutting labour costs not the answer Mail & Guardian Online A global wage agreement and a healthy, educated workforce are necessary to produce long-lasting jobs, writes Doron Isaacs and Ilan Strauss. A global wage agreement and a healthy, educated work force are necessary to produce jobs. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Return of the Mac The Economist (blog) In a new paper, Orley Ashenfelter and Stepan Jurajda take the economic potential of the McDonald's menu a step further, adding to the mix wage data from stores around the world. This week's Free exchange column explores their results. See all stories on this topic » |
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| Minimum wage | Suburban Guerrilla By susie We already know that the minimum wage doesn't pay enough to get a two-bedroom apartment in the vast majority of the country. Yet conservatives continue to push the same old lie: that raising the minimum wage causes unemployment. Now ... Suburban Guerrilla | ||
| Spence Suggests Suspending Prevailing Wage for I-70 Rebuild ... By Brian Kelly Says it would cut the cost from $4 billion to $3 billion. CBS St. Louis | ||
| The Impolitic: In search of a living wage By Libby Spencer A group of House Democrats have proposed increasing the minimum wage to $10, which, as Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pointed out would allow the wage to "catch up" with where it would be had it been allowed to grow with inflation. [...] ... The Impolitic | ||
| Bill Would Increase Michigan's Minimum Wage Senator Bert Johnson (D-Detroit) introduced a bill that would incrementally increase the state minimum wage to $10.00 per hour by 2015. WILX - HomePage - Headlines | ||
| Chile's workers press government for higher minimum wage By sadurni@santiagotimes.cl (Sumy Sadurni) Chile's workers press government for higher minimum wage. The Unified Center of Workers refuses to compromise their demands. The Santiago Times | ||
| Why Do We Need A Minimum Wage When There's No Maximum ... By Tom Egelhoff The government feels that people with disabilities will be shut out of the workforce unless they can work for less than minimum wage. AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News... | ||
| Minimum Wage by State | jluster.org By Jonas M Luster A list of minimum wage rates across the United States. High minimum wage earners don't necessarily have it better than their lower income counterparts. jluster.org | ||
| Undernews: Minimum wage in real value less than in 1968 By SAM SMITH Greg Kaufman, Nation - For most of the 1960s and 70s, a worker with a full-time minimum-wage job could lift a family of three above the poverty line, about $17300 today. The real value of the minimum wage peaked in 1968 and would be over ... Undernews | ||
| Jesse Jackson Jr. the the House Democrats want to raise minimum ... By hiphopobama Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) and 17 House Democrats, including several Congressional Black Caucus members, proposed legislation Wednesday that would increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Jackson said his bill, the Catching Up ... Bossip | ||
| Democrats want to raise minimum wage | The Real Revo By R.D. Walker Because increasing the cost of labor, evidently, is a good idea in times of high unemployment. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) and 17 House Democrats, The Real Revo |
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| Rep. Jackson Jr: Raising Minimum Wage to $20 Would 'By Far ... Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) proposed raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour today but when asked why it should not be raised to $20 an hour Jackson did not ... cnsnews.com/.../rep-jackson-jr-raising-minimum-wage-20-wo... | ||
| House Dems propose $10 per hour minimum wage | The Raw Story A group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed this week a bill that would raise the nation's minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 per hour, ... www.rawstory.com/.../house-dems-propose-10-per-hour-mini... | ||
| The Minimum Wage - More Unintended Consequences ... The argument for a minimum wage always boils down to this: it is better for people to be unemployed than to work for a certain wage. The minimum wage, which ... www.freedomworks.org/blog/lheal/end-the-minimum-wage | ||
| Daily Kos: It's 100 candles for the minimum wage A century ago, on June 4, 1912, the state enacted the nation's first minimum- wage law. That may not seem like a big deal these days. But for the women and ... www.dailykos.com/.../-It-s-100-candles-for-the-minimum-wag... | ||
| Y! Big Story: What the minimum wage gets you | Trending Now ... From the blog Trending Now: Everything you need to know to get up to speed on the story of the day What does $7.25 an hour get you? These days, barely two ... news.yahoo.com/.../y-big-story-minimum-wage-gets-1958213... | ||
| Dems Introduce Legislation To Raise The Minimum Wage | Crooks ... We already know that the minimum wage doesn't pay enough to get a two- bedroom apartment in the vast majority of the country. Yet conservatives continue to ... crooksandliars.com/susie.../dems-introduce-legislation-raise-mi... | ||
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| A fair day's wage for a fair day's work | libcom.org When discussing the fight, Joe Davis, the union representative, proclaimed, "It's important to have individuals work and get paid a fair wage. We have to make ... libcom.org/library/fair-day's-wage-fair-day's-work | ||
| Raise the Minimum Wage and Narrow the Wage Gap | National ... There are currently two major pieces of legislation in Congress that would help close the wage gap. One is the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), which is scheduled ... www.nwlc.org/our.../raise-minimum-wage-and-narrow-wage-... |
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