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Chicago fast-food and retail workers begin mass walkout
Hundreds of fast food and retail employees in Chicago began a mass walkout Wednesday morning, calling for the city’s minimum wage to be raised to $15 an hour. WLS-TV reported that the protest, organized by the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago (WOCC), included employees from national store chains ranging from…
Fox News tells striking workers to get two jobs and ‘expect to get paid the minimum wage’
The hosts of Fox & Friends on Friday suggested that fast food workers should stop striking for higher pay and get a second job because the minimum wage “was never meant to be a career wage.” On Thursday, hundreds of restaurant workers in New York City went on strike to…
Obama’s minimum wage pledge divides economists
President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise the minimum wage by 24 percent has divided economists and businesses who warn it could threaten recent improvements in jobless numbers. Obama has stated that his administration plans to increase the existing minimum hourly rate from $7.25 to $9, vowing to press ahead with…
Pelosi demands minimum wage increase after massive stock market gains
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that after witnessing Wall Street reach all-time highs this week, it’s time to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. “This week, we saw something quite remarkable, the stock market soaring to record heights. At the same time, we see productivity…
American Legislative Exchange Council behind push to lower minimum wages: report
The conservative lobbying group Alec has been behind a major push against the pay rates of low-wage American workers by sponsoring or supporting scores of new laws aimed at weakening their protections, a new survey has found. Since 2011, politicians backed by the American Legislative Exchange Council, which has hit…
Economist to Moyers: Minimum wage hike would benefit millions
On this week’s edition of “Moyers and Co.,” host Bill Moyers spoke with economist Richard Wolff about the U.S. minimum wage, and how raising it would not just benefit workers at the bottom end of the economic spectrum, but rather the entire economy. Moyers opened the segment by saying that…
Obama calls for minimum wage increase, gun control vote in State of the Union
President Obama addressed a wide range of issues during his State of the Union on Tuesday, including immigration, the minimum wage, gun control — and fatherhood. On immigration, a topic which has gained much traction since the November election — in which over two thirds of Hispanic voters chose Obama…
One million workers get pay boost as 10 states adjust minimum wage
From Washington State to Florida, the new year is bringing a boost in the minimum wage for an estimated 1 million low-wage workers. The changes are coming in nine states that adjust their base wages annually for inflation, and in Rhode Island, where legislation last year set a higher minimum.…
Cash-starved Sudan to double minimum wage
Sudan’s cash-starved government on Sunday ordered a doubling of the minimum wage after months of rising prices left consumers struggling to make ends meet. The order by President Omar al-Bashir reversed earlier official rejections of an increase despite inflation which reached 46 percent in November. “President Bashir gives directive for…
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Equal pay: Raising minimum wage will help women – and the economy
Copyright ImageClick to View Jennifer Diagostino, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Justice, CWA Local 1122 vice president, John Mudie, center, and president, Jim Wagner, right, participate in a rally in Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 25, to call for a raise in the state’s minimum wage. Op-ed contributors… …
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