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| The minimum wage as a campaign issue Washington Post (blog) House Democrats – over 100 of them – introduced a bill yesterday to raise the minimum wage, from the current $7.25 an hour up to $9.80. The minimum wage was last increased in 2009. I have no idea whether this is the beginning of a major push or not, but I ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mayor Sues to Throw Out 2 Wage Laws Wall Street Journal Mayor Michael Bloomberg filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block two wage laws that were passed over his vetoes, arguing that the City Council has no authority to make employers pay more than state law requires. The so-called prevailing-wage bill ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bloomberg Sues Council to Overturn 2 Wage Laws New York Times The lawsuit seeks to overturn two recently passed measures — known as the "living wage" and "prevailing wage" laws — that would increase pay for janitors, security guards and other service workers at some companies that receive government subsidies or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Higher minimum wage good for Main Street businesses Iowa City Press Citizen Raising the minimum wage puts dollars in the pockets of workers who are by necessity most likely to spend them immediately at the grocery store, the pharmacy, the auto-repair shop and other local businesses. Raising the minimum wage boosts the economy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NYC sues itself over legality of 2 new wage laws Wall Street Journal Associated Press. NEW YORK — New York City's mayor has gone to court in an attempt to block implementation of two new laws that effectively raise the minimum wage for workers on many city-funded projects. The City Council passed a pair of laws in June ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NY Mayor Bloomberg Sues City Council Challenging Wage Laws Bloomberg "The council seeks to impose a regulatory minimum wage upon selected sectors of the city economy that are remote from direct city involvement," Michael A. Cardozo, the city corporation counsel, said in the statement. The highest state court "has held that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bloomberg Sues Over Living, Prevailing Wage Bills New York Daily News (blog) The prevailing wage bill raises pay for hundreds of service workers at about 41 buildings that receive city tax breaks. The hikes would be determined by the Comptroller John Liu's prevailing-wage scale. Bloomberg has said Liu's rates would "break" the city; ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mayor's wage rage New York Post As promised, Mayor Bloomberg filed lawsuits yesterday against the City Council challenging the recently passed Prevailing Wage and Living Wage laws. "[These laws] — which would increase the costs associated with development by mandating higher staff ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Arizona business leaders weigh in on potential minimum wage hike Bizjournals.com (blog) As Washington begins to debate new legislation that would bump the federal minimum wage to $9.80 an hour within the next few years, business leaders in Arizona are weighing in on the potential benefits and negatives such an increase would have on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Seattle's low-wage workforce is barely getting by The Seattle Times ONE NOTE of hope for low-paid workers is that, unlike manufacturing and some other middle-class jobs, restaurant, child-care and other low-wage work is difficult to outsource. "I don't think these jobs are going away forever, but until the economy is healthy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Minimum Wage Bills: Harkin, Miller Stand Up for Struggling Families eNews Park Forest "Senator Harkin and Congressman Miller stood up for millions of families who are struggling to get by when they introduced bills that would raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in three years. Today's minimum wage cannot support a family and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bloomberg Sues to Stop NYC Living Wage Laws Courthouse News Service MANHATTAN (CN) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg sued the City Council on Friday for passing legislation aimed at mandating that construction and building service workers be able to collect living and prevailing wages at their jobs, overriding ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Expert: Indiana minimum wage won't change soon Journal and Courier As the nation this week marked the three-year anniversary of the federal wage's last increase, an Indiana expert said the state's new right-to-work legislation doesn't bode well for any increase. The state's minimum wage, commonly earned by workers in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Modern Family stars reach settlement to end wage war Hollywood.com The series' lead actors Sofia Vergara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell filed suit against 20th Century Fox TV executives on Tuesday (24Jul12), claiming their longterm deals were in violation of California labour laws, which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Prevailing wage rates drive up costs Boston Globe Your editorial on union-only work on state projects misses a larger problem that the state has created ("In new project labor deal, Mass. taxpayers lose again," July 24). The requirement for so-called prevailing wage rates on projects involving the state ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Restaurant Workers Praise California Legislator For Bill That Would Raise ... PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) After a number of protests and gatherings calling for a higher minimum wage over the past month, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) has introduced the 'Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012.' The bill would raise the minimum wage three times over the next three ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Salga reaches wage deal with municipal worker unions South African Broadcasting Corporation The development follows the conclusion of wage talks between the municipal workers unions and the South African Local Government Association (Salga) in Pretoria earlier yesterday. Local government bargaining parties signed a three-year salary increase ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Daycare employees waiting for unpaid wages Houston Chronicle DeShaunique Conner and Myesha Shoemaker are young mothers in desperate need of their paychecks from a Houston day care. Conner, 26, ditched fast-food work to attempt to build a career in child care while Shoemaker started taking care of babies to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Letter: Madore opposes living-wage jobs The Columbian Circulars appeared in the mail today from David Madore. My exchanges with him on The Columbian's website make me believe he's nice enough. He knows lots about making money and inventing things. My wage-earner experience plus my extensive ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| House Considers RAISE-ing Workers' Wages Heritage.org (blog) The RAISE Act would rewrite the National Labor Relations Act to make union rates only a minimum wage. If employers wanted to, they could always pay hard-working union members more. Unions would lose the power to turn down raises on workers' behalf. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wage freeze facing health sector Windsor Star If the province has its way, no municipal workers at area nursing homes or the health unit will get a pay increase for two years and senior executives at hospitals and universities won't see incomes rise for at least five more years. Since Huron Lodge, Sun ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mayor sues City Council over 2 new wage laws Crain's New York Business The council overrode Mr. Bloomberg's veto in June to mandate a wage of at least $10 per hour for workers at companies getting $1 million or more in city funding. They cover all sorts of companies getting city subsidies or contracts, as well as landlords renting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Belvidere/Boone County planning department may see wage increase Rockford Register Star (blog) Jennifer Wheeler started at the Rockford Register Star in May 2012. She is out and about in Boone County writing about issues such as education, county and city government, and other news. She grew up in the Windy City and graduated from the University ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Minimum wage causes riots in Kitwe Zambian Watchdog Copperbelt commissioner of police Mary Tembo confirmed the arrest of the workers in an interview after a violent protest over the alleged failure by their employers to pay them the revised minimum wage. She said the workers disrupted the flow of traffic in the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Low-Wage Work in the U.S. » Sociological Images By Gwen Sharp The National Employment Law Project (NELP) recently released a report about low-wage workers — those making less than $10 an hour. In 2011, 26% of private-sector jobs in the U.S. were low-wage jobs. These jobs were highly ... Sociological Images | ||
| Wage dispute divides employers - Mail & Guardian Online In confrontations in the engineering and clothing industries, however, it is becoming clear that large companies prefer the system, even though it might result in relatively high wages, because of the labour stability it theoretically promotes. Mail & Guardian Index Feed | ||
| W.E.N.N » Modern Family Stars Reach Settlement To End Wage War By wennnewsdesk Modern Family Stars Reach Settlement To End Wage War. 9:31am EST. Marvin Humes And Rochelle Wiseman Wed. 6:56pm EST. Katherine Jackson Agrees To Share Guardianship Of Grandchildren. 6:56pm EST. Usher's Former Stepson ... W.E.N.N | ||
| Over 100 US House Democrats Propose Raising Minimum Wage To ... By Ray Medeiros Do you hear it? I do, it's the shrieks of horror by the House GOP, Boehner and Cantor! How dare the Democrats raise the pay of our lowest paid workers! PoliticusUSA | ||
| NYC Living Wage Bill Heads to Court - The Village Voice Blogs By John Surico 'Living' sounds much better than 'minimum.'When Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced the introduction of a 'living' wage bill, Mayor... Runnin' Scared | ||
| The Minimum Wage Is So Low That It's Immoral – and Foolish By cengel 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. It's a shame that Dickens himself isn't here to write about it. Oh, and we almost forgot: ... USW Blog | ||
| 205: #Baking #Bacon??? #Chef Wage was very disturbed when he ... By Photo David 205: #Baking #Bacon??? #Chef Wage was very disturbed when he saw me preparing bacon for the oven... He only uses the frying pan. Uploads from Photo David | ||
| Bill would raise minimum wage - United Press International by ... By peskiliman WASHINGTON, July 27 UPI—More than 100 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to co-sponsor a bill to raise the federal minimum wage. The measure, written by Rep. George Mi... My Blog by peskiliman | English,... | ||
| Zambia: Workers riot in Kitwe over non payment of minimum wage ... By Chief Editor This minimum wage is not making sense. How can we increase wages for our maids when ours in the parastatoes of the Government have not been increased. We shall fire them and get our relatives from the villages so that we see if ... LusakaTimes.com | ||
| Jim Rutherford "Analytics Show Semin A Different Player Than What ... By Bob Wage Jim Rutherford "Analytics Show Semin A Different Player Than What Critics Think". Cc_shieldjpg_tiny by Bob Wage on Jul 27, 2012 2:44 PM EDT · Tweet ... Capitals at Hurricanes: Game Day Preview. Jan 2012 by Bob Wage - 20 comments ... Canes Country | ||
| YOUNG READERS:|: I wage war against karaoke machines ... By Jesse Pizarro Boga YOUNG READERS:|: I wage war against karaoke machines. Written By: Jesse Pizarro Boga Saturday, 28 July 2012. Category: Opinion. If being a bad karaoke singer is a crime against humanity, then I probably would have been thrown to jail ... Mindanao Times | ||
| Uloop Blog » Top 10 Careers On The Rise By Gregory John Vitale The calculations took into consideration the nation's average annual wage for all jobs ($45230) and the average growth rate from 2010 to 2020 (14.3%). If a career exceeded these numbers, it qualified to make the list. Remember, the included ... Uloop Blog | ||
| Harlem's Lettire Construction Pays Back Wages | By Harlem World Magazine "This settlement makes absolutely clear that responsibility for complying with the federal prevailing wage laws rests with Lettire Construction and Nicholas Lettire," Nancy J. Leppink, a deputy administrator at the Labor Department, said in a ... |
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| Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have introduced the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012. If passed, the legislation would raise the federal minimum ... jobsearch.about.com/b/.../fair-minimum-wage-act-of-2012.ht... | ||
| Daily Kos: Democrats introduce bill to raise minimum wage to $9.80 Raising the minimum wage won't even come up for a vote in Speaker John Boehner's House. We need a Democratic majority and Speaker Pelosi for that, just ... www.dailykos.com/.../-Democrats-introduce-bill-to-raise-mini... | ||
| Where is Obama's Promised Minimum-Wage Hike? | Common Dreams 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 ... https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/24-9 |
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