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Minimum Wage
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Hamster-Wheel Economics 101
Joblessness is down because new jobs are being created, but lots of new jobs don't pay enough to support a small family.
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This Might Be the Biggest Reason to End the Tipped Minimum Wage
Women represent 72 percent of all workers in tipped-wage jobs - those with a federal minimum wage of just $2.13 an hour.
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Low-Wage Workers Butt Heads With 21st Century Capital
Rigorously empirical studies have consistently found no significant effects on employment due to minimum wage increases.
Leveling the Playing Field for Worker Cooperatives
Municipal and state governments as well as NGOs that support small or independent businesses are finally beginning to address what changes they need to make to support the creation …
Minimum Wage Controversy Sparks Countrywide Analysis
If there's one piece of data that people across the country have been talking (and arguing) about lately, it's the minimum wage.
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Fight for 15 in NYC Just Got a Lot More Promising and a Lot More Complicated
Bill de Blasio's role in helping Andrew Cuomo attain the endorsement of the Working Families Party has opened up a space for a more vigorous and radical discussion of …
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Will the First Hotel Housekeeper on a City Council Shame Rhode Island Democrats Into Allowing a Just Wage?
The first housekeeper elected to the city council in Providence, Rhode Island may be the voice needed to push local officials to raise the minimum wage of hotel workers.
Pressure Mounts on Johns Hopkins To Pay A Living Wage
At the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the wages of many of the workers, including 15-year veterans, qualify a family of four for food stamps.
The National Restaurant Association Spends Big to Keep Wages Low
A majority of the Senate voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour recently, yet the bill failed to clear the 60 vote hurdle necessary for passage, …
Does a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin and Anthony Davies debate whether a higher minimum wage means less jobs for young people entering the employment market.