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| Miami Minimum Wage Protest: 6 People We Met At The Rally (PHOTOS) Huffington Post Wielding signs under the blazing July sun, 200 people rallied at Bayfront Park Tuesday afternoon to encourage Congress to increase the federal minimum wage. Members of local advocacy group 1Miami were joined by other supporters and minimum wage ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hardworking Americans should not be living in poverty CNN Like many hardworking Americans earning minimum wage, Margaret Lewis knows firsthand what it's like to live on the edge. She works as a transporter for passengers with disabilities at O'Hare International Airport. She wakes up at 1 a.m. to go to work, and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pompey shutdown looms as wage dispute rumbles on Chicago Tribune (Reuters) - The administrator of crisis-hit English side Portsmouth has said the club will be shut down on August 10 unless all senior players on the books accept compromise wage deals or agree to transfers before that date. The British media reported on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Vets need minimum wage hike Milwaukee Journal Sentinel U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) recently ran away from a veteran in Wausau who was trying to ask him about what he was going to do about raising the minimum wage. As a veteran, I was dismayed that a United States congressman would try to avoid someone ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NYC crowd rallies for increase in minimum wage CBS News NEW YORK — Workers in low-wage jobs joined with faith leaders, unions and politicians in New York City to demand better pay, benefits and working conditions. At least several hundred people gathered in Union Square on Tuesday, carrying signs targeting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Workers Rally for Increase in Minimum Wage WNYC (blog) He works security for a major airline and said that given the seriousness of his job, he felt he deserved a higher wage than the $8 an hour he's paid. "There are exit doors where passengers exit and go to baggage carousels," Jackson said. "And we have to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Itau Profit Hit by Defaults, Wage War: Corporate Brazil Businessweek Such companies as state-run Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (ELET6) to public universities and regulatory agencies face strikes as workers seek above-inflation raises in annual wage disputes, which shut banks by about three weeks in the third quarter of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Top economists: Time to raise the minimum wage msnbc.com (blog) It's been three years, as of Tuesday, since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage. And many advocates for the poor say that with low-wage workers struggling, it's time to do it again. A group of prominent liberal-leaning economists including Joseph ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Low wage workers join forces in New York City march Current TV (blog) The event followed the release of a report from labor advocacy group United NY that revealed the purchasing power of New York's $7.25 minimum wage is 26 percent lower than it was in 1970 and that four in 10 New York City laborers are low-wage workers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Raise in minimum wage urged Toledo Blade Three years after the last increase in the nation's minimum wage, worker advocacy groups have begun a concerted effort to raise it from $7.25 an hour. A national day of action took place on Tuesday, with planners calling on corporations such as Wal-Mart ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Secondary Sources: European Panic Button, France and Greece, Minimum Wage Wall Street Journal (blog) But how do you design a policy that monitors low wage workers to ensure they are actually working harder? And how do you decide what the most productive ways for them to work harder are? Liberals may be comfortable designing some technocratic system ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Workers, politicians urge minimum wage increase Times Herald-Record State Assemblyman Frank Skartados reminded ralliers that the first thing he did when he went back to Albany in March was co-sponsor the bill raising the state's minimum wage to $8.50 an hour. The bill passed in the Assembly but never came to a vote in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Constituents Rally for Minimum Wage Hike Patch.com On Tuesday, dozens of Congressman C.W. Bill Young's constituents rallied outside the Congressman's Seminole office to ask him to support a raise in the minimum wage to $10 an hour. The constituents then marched into the Congressman's office to deliver ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Commissioners freeze wages of non-bargaining unit employees Reno Gazette Journal County Manager Jeff Page said the past practice has been to provide employees not covered by collective bargaining the same wage and benefit package as those employees in the LCEA. After more than an hour of debate, Comptroller Josh Foli confirmed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Man Told to 'Get a Job' Responds to Congressman Young Patch.com With little chance of ever getting ahead making minimum wage, I took a chance and started my own business, Edible Gardens, in hopes of carving out a niche in the local economy and living the American dream. I was offended by Congressman Young's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three years after last increase, business group calls for US minimum wage hike Reuters Blogs (blog) Bucking the usual tune of private sector lobbyists, a group called Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is calling for a hike in the minimum wage, saying it would boost business and the economy. Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is a project of Business for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Raising The Minimum Wage By 38% To $10 Per Hour Would Be "Economic ... Daily Markets In a recent column about the minimum wage titled "Raising the Minimum Wage is Cheap and Easy," economist Dean Baker writes: "There are some policies that are pretty much no-brainers. Most recent research finds that it has no impact on employment. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syracuse community leaders seek increase in minimum wage Syracuse.com Syracuse, NY -- Cathy Middlesworth raised her two children as a single mother working a full-time minimum wage job. "I worked a lot of overtime and sometimes I worked two jobs just to make ends meet," said Middlesworth, of Syracuse. But despite working ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Samsung And Apple Continue To Wage War Over The Galaxy Mobile Magazine The Samsung and Apple continue to fight a constant global legal war against one another, with every little legal battle pushing the scale in on direction or the other, but largely seeming to go nowhere. Recently Samsung's big victory in the UK was the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Fresh push for a higher minimum wage SFBay California's minimum wage — currently at $8 per hour — is higher than the federal standard but still makes it impossible for entry-level earners to live comfortably in such an expensive state. In California, the annual paycheck for a person who works 40 hours ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fight over minimum wage YNN NEW YORK STATE -- State lawmakers left Albany in June without raising the state's minimum wage. The measure faltered due to Senate Republican opposition, but also after Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed the measure was too harder to pass than the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chicagoans March for Minimum Wage Increase NBC Chicago Jesse Jackson Jr., introduced legislation last month that would increase the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour in stages by 2015 and mandate annual increases tied to inflation. Opponents say increasing the minimum wage is a bad idea for companies ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| CARPE DIEM: Raising the Minimum Wage by 38% to $10 per Hour ... By noreply@blogger.com (Mark J. Perry) In a recent column about the minimum wage titled "Raising the Minimum Wage is Cheap and Easy," economist Dean Baker writes: "There are some policies that are pretty much no-brainers. Most recent research finds that [the minimum wage] ... CARPE DIEM | ||
| Schilling backers counter Tuesday wage protest - Quad Cities Online Schilling backers counter Tuesday wage protest - Quad-Cities Online is the Quad Cities leading Internet service provider offering dial in access, local news from The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, weather and sports. QCOnline Metro News | ||
| Md. Families Ask Politicians To Raise Minimum Wage - CBS Baltimore By Kelly There are growing calls across the country and right here in Maryland to raise the minimum wage. Struggling families are making an emotional plea to politicians. CBS Baltimore | ||
| California workers to rally for minimum wage increase Under Miller's proposal, the minimum wage would jump from $7.25 to $9.80 per hour over three years, and wages would then subsequently be adjusted for inflation each year. The federal minimum wage last was raised in 2007 from $5.15 per ... YubaNet.com | ||
| Where is Obama's Promised Minimum-Wage Hike? « Women Born ... By Suzan During the 2008 campaign, presidential candidate Barack Obama made a pledge to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour by 2011. Promises like this one inspired a generation of young voters, excited long-neglected progressive voters ... Women Born Transsexual | ||
| Detroit Water Workers Protest Contract Changes, Wage Cuts « CBS ... By Eric Czajka Members of a local union will be picketing the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Tuesday afternoon, protesting a new contract offer that they strongly oppose. CBS Detroit | ||
| The Daily Banter » Linking CEO Pay to Minimum Wage Could ... By Ben Cohen Here's an idea I think could really gain some traction in America, a country reflexively opposed to unionism and worker rights: Linking CEO pay to the minimum wage. Hamilton Nolan wrote a heart felt piece in Gawker yesterday hammering ... The Daily Banter | ||
| Duluth Group Voices Support Of Raising Minimum Wage [VIDEO] By David Drew Currently the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, but many groups around the country believe it is time to raise that amount. More than 30 events took. B105 TODAYS BEST COUNTRY | ||
| Want a Real Recovery? Raise the Minimum Wage - USW Blog ... By cengel Want a Real Recovery? Raise the Minimum Wage. Terrance Heath Online Producer, Campaign for America's Future. Scratch the surface of just about any economic debate this election year, and you'll find one issue that goes all the way to the ... USW Blog | ||
| Protestors Take To Streets Of Philadelphia To Protest Minimum Wage By Chelsea Karnash About 200 people marched down East Market Street at rush hour on Tuesday evening, and then briefly took over part of the Gallery Mall to protest the stagnation of the minimum wage. CBS Philly | ||
| Shakesville: Number of the Day By Melissa McEwan The last increase in the federal minimum wage was passed into law four years ago today, but the current minimum wage falls far short of meeting the needs of the average worker. To match the buying power of the 1968 minimum wage, ... Shakesville | ||
| TAG Blog: Wage Survey Update By Steve Hulett The paper version of the TAG wage survey began coming in four days ago. To date, we have received 218 surveys back in the mail, about twice as many as we've received digitally. ... Last year we had a 23% survey return rate. As I write, we ... TAG Blog | ||
| Do You Back Higher Minimum Wage? - Huckleberries Online ... 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 ... Spokesman.com: Huckleberries... | ||
| SJ Lawmakers, Businesses Look For Alternatives To Minimum ... By Andre Torrez The City of San Jose released a list of alternatives Tuesday to the upcoming ballot measure that calls for an immediate minimum wage increase from $8 to $10 an hour, because some think small businesses may not be able to support the ... CBS San Francisco |
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| #RiseUpNY Actions for a Living Wage | OccupyWallSt.org Live Updates (Eastern Time) 5:25pm: Interfaith clergy for economic justice getting ready to speak and crowds are still pouring in to Union Square. Huge turnout ... occupywallst.org/article/watch-live-riseupny-actions/ | ||
| Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Minimum Wage Is So Low That It's Immoral ... Economic issues make some people's eyes glaze over, so we'll put this plainly: Today's minimum wage is epic in its injustice and Dickensian in its cruelty. www.huffingtonpost.com/.../minimum-wage-so-low_b_16936... |
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