What McDonald’s Shows Us About Raising the Minimum Wage
From today’s NPR News Online: On November 29, 2012, dozens of fast-food workers assembled at a McDonald’s in midtown Manhattan to demand better pay. Their demonstration kicked off a massive…
Biden to sign executive orders boosting workers’ rights and pushing for $15 minimum wage for federal staff
From today’s Business Insider Online: President Joe Biden has planned a series of actions aimed at raising the minimum wage for federal staff to $15 and boosting workers’ rights, Brian…
Congress calls essential workers ‘heroes,’ hasn’t passed hazard pay raise
From today’s CNBC News: Anyone listening to congressional leaders speak during the coronavirus outbreak has heard a lot about the “heroes” sustaining the rest of the country. Senate Majority Leader…
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Amazon announces it’s raising minimum wage for U.S. workers to $15 per hour
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month. The company said Tuesday that the wage increase…
One Reason for Slow Wage Growth? More Benefits, Sort of
From today’s New York Times: One of the most perplexing questions about the nation’s economic recovery is why a tight labor market has not translated into faster wage growth. Part…
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Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.
From today’s New York Times: U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to…
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In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation
From today’s Washington Post: Rising prices have erased U.S. workers’ meager wage gains, the latest sign strong economic growth has not translated into greater prosperity for the middle class and…
In parts of America, Department of Labor hasn’t updated “prevailing wage” for taxpayer-funded work in decades
From Bloomberg News Network: Thanks to a web of loopholes and limits, the federal government has been green-lighting hourly pay of just $7.25 for some construction workers laboring on taxpayer-funded…