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In this July 22, 2015 file photo, supporters of a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers rally in front of a McDonald's in Albany, N.Y.
Business

$15 minimum wage movement sets sights on McDonald’s

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FILE- In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, Myrtice Harris applies tape to a package before shipment at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore. Amazon’s announced Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, that it would raise its hourly minimum wage to $15. Those who already made $15 will get an extra dollar an hour when the change is made next month, but they will also lose two benefits they relied on: monthly bonuses that could top hundreds of dollars and a chance to own Amazon’s sky-rocketing stock, currently worth nearly $2,000.
Beltway Confidential

Amazon’s pay raise may make some Amazon workers poorer

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FILE- In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo workers, as seen from a sidewalk window, make sandwiches in an Amazon Go store in Seattle. Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month. The company said Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, that the wage hike will benefit more than 350,000 workers, which includes full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal positions.
Beltway Confidential

Minimum wage hikes don’t help poor people

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In this April 20, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally in Omaha, Neb.
Business

Fresh off Amazon campaign, Sanders calls on McDonald’s to adopt $15 minimum wage

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A monitor displays Amazon.com Inc. stock information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2018. Amazon.com Inc. briefly became America's second trillion-dollar company on Tuesday after adding $434 billion to its market cap this year.
Opinion

Amazon’s corrupt minimum wage ploy

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From left, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, and chairman of the D.C. Council, Phil Mendelson, hold a news conference.
Beltway Confidential

Flight from $15: DC’s city council grasps basic economics on wages

Becket Adams -
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A man monitors stocks as an Amazon sign appears above his head.
Beltway Confidential

Amazon’s push for higher wages has one winner: Amazon

Erin Dunne -
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Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses supporters of Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed during a rally, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, in Detroit.
Economy

Bernie Sanders: Amazon’s $15 wage is the ‘shot heard round the world’

Sean Higgins -
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An Amazon.com employee stocks products along one of the many miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Phoenix. The company's market value has tumbled since last week amid a barrage of Twitter attacks from President Trump.
Business

Amazon to set $15 minimum wage after Bernie Sanders attacks

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An employee assists a customer with MAC Cosmetics Inc. lipstick at an Ulta Beauty Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Ulta reported late Thursday that its comparable sales rose 8.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier. The increase was driven by all the right things: A booming 48 percent increase in digital sales, as well as 5.1 percent growth in transactions and a 3 percent increase in average ticket. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
Business

Faster wage gains in August show labor-market slack finally fading

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