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| Raising minimum wage is good for Main Street The Hill (blog) The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce supported the last increase in the federal minimum wage on July 24, 2009 and we believe another raise is overdue. The business owners I talk with every day say that, far from hurting their businesses, raising the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Women Need a Raise in the Minimum Wage Forbes Today marks three years to the day since the last increase in the federal minimum wage. It's been stuck at $7.25 an hour, even as prices for gas and milk have risen. That adds up to just $14500 a year, and it isn't enough to afford rent in any state in the country ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Raising the Minimum Wage Is Cheap and Easy Huffington Post There are some policies that are pretty much no-brainers. We all agree that the Food and Drug Administration should keep dangerous drugs off the market. We all agree that the government should provide police and fire protection. And, we pretty much all ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| California workers to rally for minimum wage increase News10.net "Raising the minimum wage is about respecting work for the millions of Americans who work hard every day yet still live in poverty," Aaron Albright, a spokesman for the House Education and the Workforce Committee Democrats, said in an email. "The fact ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Activists Mark Three Years Since Last Increase of Minimum Wage Firedoglake July 24 marks the last time the minimum wage was increased in America, to its current dollar amount of $7.25 an hour. At various times in their recent political lives, both candidates for President have called that figure too low. Both have agreed that the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three Years of Congressional Inaction on the Minimum Wage Policyshop (blog) Anniversaries usually become more special with each passing year, but not all: Today marks the third anniversary of the last increase in the federal minimum wage – since July 24, 2009, the federal wage floor has been stuck at $7.25 per hour, or just over ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Minimum Wage Stuck As Poverty Climbs Kansas City infoZine Director of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage and co-author of "Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work For All Of Us ," Holly Sklar said: "Time flies when you're moving backward. With the federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25 an hour – just $15080 a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Letter: Wage activists wrong on economics Wausau Daily Herald EDITOR: A recent letter claimed, "Families need minimum wage increase." Some among us need to stop thinking emotionally and consider facts, figures and economics. First, only 20.8 percent of all minimum-wage workers are family heads. Poor adults ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Large, Profitable Companies Employ Most Minimum-Wage Earners Truth-Out A female Walmart employee goes down an aisle, stocking shelves, Tuesday, June 22, 2004 in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Walmart employs 1.4 million Americans and a vast majority of them at wages under $10 per hour. (Photo: William Thomas Cain / The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| S.African union declares wage dispute at BHP mine Reuters JOHANNESBURG, July 24 (Reuters) - South Africa's national Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Tuesday it had declared a wage dispute with BHP Billiton's Hotazel manganese mines and the issue had been referred to the government mediator to avert a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Amazon to help low wage workers go back to school MyNorthwest.com Amazon wants many of its lower-wage workers to get a better job, even if it's somewhere else. The company has announced it will start paying for the schooling to make it happen. In a letter to posted on Amazon's website Monday, CEO Jeff Bezos says the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rally targets upping minimum wage Upstart Thousands of minimum wage supporters and their allies will participate in more than 30 events in major cities across the country Tuesday, including at a rally in Sacramento. The minimum wage in California is $8 an hour, so workers in the state also would ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| S.Africa fuel sector seals 2-year wage deal Reuters JOHANNESBURG, July 24 (Reuters) - Workers and employers in South Africa's petroleum sector have agreed on a two-year wage deal, a labour union said on Tuesday, averting a repeat of last year's strike that left hundreds of dry pumps across Africa's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rally to Raise Minimum Wage Targets Rep. Young Patch.com According to a Florida Consumer Action Network news release, today's rally in Pinellas, and in more than30 other communities nationwide, residents will hold rallies to call on Congress to raise the minimum wage and close the gap. On Tuesday, community ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Workers to Rally for Federal Minimum Wage Increase NBC Connecticut July 24 has been deemed National Day of Action and workers, including office cleaners and security officers from state buildings, will march in Hartford for an increase in the federal minimum wage, according to the Service Employees International Union. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home Depot Workers Allege Wage Theft San Diego Reader (blog) A class action suit filed in San Diego last week against Home Depot alleges that employees were forced to work while off the clock and denied overtime wages, with the total amount lost by plaintiffs exceeding $5 million. The company is also accused of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Outsourcing Losing Its Allure As China Costs Soar Huffington Post However, companies including Caterpillar and the Detroit automakers have succeeded in winning concessions in labor negotiations that include two-tier wage structures that provide substantially lower wagers for the newest workers. At Seesmart, shifting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wage-and-hour lawsuits on the rise Sacramento Business Journal (blog) A record number of federal wage-and-hour lawsuits are being filed nationwide — and so-called hybrid cases filed on behalf of California workers and those in other states where the employer does business appear to be on the increase, too. A total of 7064 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Time to wage hire-a-human campaign HeraldNet I'm a well-trained child of the human-less world of customer "support." I don't ask for much. When I need an answer, I first check the FAQs (frequently asked questions). I visit forums to find others discussing similar problems and sometimes offering good advice ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As China costs rise, technology lures US factories home Reuters But higher transportation costs and wage inflation in China could drive more production back to the United States. Prime candidates for return are bulky, heavy items. GE has shifted production of appliances from Mexico and China to Louisville, Kentucky, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| New study: Workers working harder, but wage inequality soars ... By Rob Schofield A new study from the N.C. Budget and Tax Center confirms what a lot of worker advocates have been saying for some time: average North Carolina workers are working harder and more productively than ever but their their wages are ... The Progressive Pulse | ||
| The Minimum Wage Is Stuck at $7.25; It Should Be $21.16 -- or Higher By Salvatore Babones The minimum wage is $7.25. An inflation-adjusted minimum wage would be $10.55. Adjusting for personal income growth would yield $21.16. Inequality.org | ||
| Maddow Wage-Gap Myth | The American Conservative Union By wdanlaw by Alex Castellanos Issue 208 – July 25, 2012. I watch Rachel Maddow's program on MSNBC more than I'd like my bosses at CNN to know. Not unlike Rush Limbaugh, she is a joyous warrior for her ideological cause, a comparison she may ... The American Conservative Union | ||
| New Report: Teen Unemployment and the Minimum Wage | The ... By James Plummer Unemployment remains a major concern throughout the state of Louisiana and the nation as a whole. While the jobs situation in Louisiana is somewhat better than the national average, the unemployment rate for working-age teens (16-19) is ... The Pelican Post | ||
| Minimum wage will remain the same in 2013 – 200 LVL | Baltic ... By BNN The minimal wage will remain the same in 2013 – 200 LVL. This decision was made by the government of Latvia on Tuesday, July 24. Baltic News Network - News from... | ||
| EPI Report :The impact of a $9.80 federal minimum wage By Rob Lillpopp The "Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012," to be introduced by Rep. George Miller (D-CA), which would raise the federal minimum wage by 35 percent to $9.80 and index it for inflation; The "Rebuild America Act," introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin ... Capital Business Blog | ||
| best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: My health plan ... By Duncan McGeary I've had private insurance for number of years. It's very, very expensive and has a very, very high deductible. This year, for the first time, my rates didn't go up significantly. (For a few years, especially RIGHT before Obamacare took effect, they ... best minimum wage job a middle... | ||
| Op-ed: "Our Wages in Miami Are Too Small To Survive On ... By Op-Ed Ahead of a protest to raise the minimum wage to $10/hr, two downtown Miami janitors share their personal experience below the poverty line. Beached Miami | ||
| Economists for People Putting Their Own Money Where Their ... By Don Boudreaux Thanks for your e-mail asking me to support your group's call for raising the legislated minimum-wage. I must, however, decline because I do not believe that the wage rate agreed to by each employer and each employee is my, or your, or the ... Cafe Hayek | ||
| New York City Japanese Restaurant Ordered To Pay Waitstaff $1.25 ... By Louis Pechman Five New York City locations of the East Japanese Restaurant have agreed to pay $1.25 million dollars to approximately 225 current and former waiters, runners, and bussers to settle a wage and hour lawsuit that alleged tip credit, minimum ... WaiterPay.com | ||
| The race between deleveraging and deflation: deflation is winning By New Deal democrat One of the running themes in my long term outlook since the Great Recession has been that the American economy is in a race between debt deleveraging by households, and wage stagnation leading to outright wage deflation. If households ... The Bonddad Blog | ||
| Fairness, Search Frictions, and Offshoring « NEP-DGE Blog By Christian Zimmermann Fairness considerations within the firm are introduced into the determination of wages in a two factor Pissarides-style model of search unemployment to study its implications for the unemployment rates of unskilled and skilled workers in both ... NEP-DGE Blog | ||
| Profits, minimum wages and the war on transparency « MomsRising ... By Donald Cohen As wages of American workers continue to sag, campaigns to raise the minimum wage in Congress and in cities and states across the country are gearing up. Business lobbies will bring out the same old arguments – that raising the minimum ... MomsRising Blog | ||
| Caterpillar Posts Record Profits, Tries to Freeze Worker Wages ... By By JULIET LAPIDOS The manufacturing company posted record profits. Then insisted on a six-year wage freeze for workers. Taking Note |
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| Low-wage workers will rally on 'Day of Action' - NY Daily News Low-wage workers, struggling to make ends meet in New York City, will rally together with community leaders and union organizers on July 24 for a "Day of ... www.nydailynews.com/low-wage-workers-rally-day-action-art... | ||
| Baltimore City Council members urging minimum wage increase There are plans on the table to raise the federal minimum wage to help struggling families pay their bills. www.abc2news.com/.../baltimore-city-council-members-urgin... |
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