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Minimum Wage
Is $15 an Hour Enough?
A new report finds that in many states $15 an hour is not a living wage for a single person, let alone a family.
Washington Supreme Court Rules All SeaTac Workers Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage
SeaTac became the nation's first city to enact the minimum wage.
After Threatening to Strike, Airport Workers Win Agreement, Will Push for $15
Twelve hundred workers at New York's John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports may soon be negotiating a contract.
Seattle Led the Country’s Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?
How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.
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Spreading a Minimum Wage Increase From Los Angeles to the Whole Country
The victory in LA signals an irreversible change in the fight for a decent wage around the country.
Fight for $15 Advances With Bill Introduction in Congress
Representatives introduced new $15 federal minimum wage legislation.
Made in America: Walmart’s Misleading Claims
We shouldn't be fooled by the giant retailer's newly populist rhetoric.
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LA County Supervisor Hires Corporate-Backed “Research” Firm to Kill the Minimum Wage Plan
The Employment Policies Institute is helping undermine a plan to create a countywide minimum wage.
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$15 an Hour Now – Not Five to Seven Years From Now
It's long been proven that in the wake of a minimum wage increase, more money cycles throughout a local economy, creating more demand for goods and services.
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Connecticut Just Passed a Law Requiring Bosses Who Steal Workers’ Wages to Pay Them Back Double
In protests that continue to ripple across the country, workers have attested to the variety of ways by which they are deprived of their due pay.