It's hard to argue against Harold Meyerson's point that it is a lot easier to win higher wages for 100,000 people than to unionize 4000. Or unionize 20. The barriers to both winning a union election and securing a first contract are so great today,...
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Chicago just passed a minimum wage increase that will take it to $13 in 2019. Quite reasonable. Business owners are not happy. Shockingly, as business owners have said with every.
Good run-down: What's the breakdown of those being paid the minimum wage by age? In particular, how many are teenagers or in their early 20s? Of the 3.3 million minimum-wage.
The Rhode Island Democratic Party does not deserve the name. In this one-party state, where Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state legislature by a 10:1 margin, anyone who wants to become powerful is a Democrat. What does it mean to be a Democrat here? Nothing....
National Review troll Amity Shlaes, who you may remember from such arguments as "true freedom is a worker choosing to labor 70 hours a week," in lamely attempting to write.
Once again, there is simply no good reason for the tipped minimum wage to exist. Even when cities and states have raised minimum wages in recent years, they often have.
A huge step forward in the minimum wage struggle was taken yesterday in Seattle, where a commission of labor and business members came to a general agreement on a $15 minimum wage for the city, making it the nation's wage leader. This isn't a total...
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In case you needed a reminder that the Republicans are engaged in open warfare with the poor, Republican senators filibustered the minimum wage bill today.
Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin, for signing a bill outlawing local communities from raising the minimum wage.
Glad to see Maryland following Connecticut in creating a $10.10 minimum wage. That's still too low but it's a nice jump. It also continues to build a real red state-blue.