Minimum Wage
Romney, Cotton Join Dems to Introduce Minimum Wage Raise Despite Small Business Woes
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton introduced a plan Tuesday to increase the national minimum wage to…
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Money & The Economy
Local Grocery Stores Close as California ‘Hero Pay’ Ordinance Backfires
A new “Hero Pay” mandate in Long Beach, California has inadvertently cost some frontline grocery workers their jobs. “Ralphs and…
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Money & The Economy
Corporations That Support The $15 Minimum Wage Can Afford It. Here’s Who Can’t
Large corporations have endorsed and lobbied for a $15 federal minimum wage in recent years, but while they can afford…
Read More » Puerto Rico’s Effective Minimum Wage Would Be $68/Hour Under Biden Plan
Puerto Rico has had a long history of being harmed by Washington overreach. The island was once home to a…
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Money & The Economy
$15 Minimum Wage Would ‘Spell a Death Knell for Many Small Restaurants,’ Expert Warns
President Joe Biden is pushing for inclusion of a $15 federal minimum wage in the next COVID-19 spending package, hoping…
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Money & The Economy
A Thousand Fast Food Workers Strike For Increased Minimum Wage Over MLK Weekend
Roughly 1,000 American fast-food workers around the country went on strike Friday to protest for a $15 minimum wage and…
Read More » Putting a Price on Moral Exhibitionism
Moral exhibitionists are people who make a point out of taking a very public ‘moral’ stands on an issue. This…
Read More »Cutting Staff, Spiking Prices: NYC Restaurants Struggle Under $15 Minimum Wage
New York City’s $15 minimum wage, which began to take effect Dec. 31, 2018, was meant to bolster earnings and…
Read More »Give Them an Inch: Rep Rashida Tlaib Calls For $20 An Hour Minimum Wage
Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for a federal minimum wage of up to $20 an hour at a “One…
Read More »Minimum Wage Hikes Are Costing California Jobs, Study Says
California’s minimum wage increase has cost the state thousands of jobs worth of growth in the state’s booming restaurant industry,…
Read More »Maryland Lawmakers Want To Increase Minimum Wage By Nearly 50 Percent
The Maryland General Assembly voted Wednesday to approve a state $15 minimum wage, sending the bill to GOP Gov. Larry…
Read More »Almost Three Quarters Of Economists Say A $15 Minimum Wage Is A Bad Idea
Nearly three-quarters of economists oppose raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to an Employment Studies Institute…
Read More »Illinois Nearly Doubles Its Minimum Wage To $15
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday raising the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to $15…
Read More »New Jersey Lawmakers Eye A $15 Minimum Wage
New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy and leaders in the state legislature have agreed on a compromise bill that will…
Read More »Why Not Twenty Dollars? Pelosi And Hoyer Don’t Have An Answer On Minimum Wage
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer could not explain why a $15 minimum wage…
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