Tag: Minimum Wage

Back to Work

Michael Strain · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks to the media before meeting with newly elected mayors from across the country, on Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Mayors need extension of jobless benefits, minimum-wage hike

Brian Hughes · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

A December Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll found that 63 percent of Americans would favor raising the minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, the amount in a bill introduced by Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa in the Senate and George Miller of California in the House.

Support grows for hike in minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

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Tweets of the Week

Justin Green · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Demonstrators rally for better wages outside a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Demonstrations planned in 100 cities are part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Reality-checking Obama’s minimum wage gambit

Charles Hoskinson · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Demonstrations planned in 100 cities are part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25. (AP/Paul Beaty)

Fast-food strikes return amid push for wage hikes

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Protestors chant outside a Burger King restaurant during a protest for a raise in the minimum wage in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Fast food workers across the country walked off their jobs to fight for a $15 an hour wage. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Fast-food protests return amid push for wage hikes

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

âWhatâs at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement,â President Obama said.

Obama: US economy has grown ‘profoundly unequal’

Meghashyam Mali · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Walmart has repeatedly supported new impositions on employers (such as minimum-wage hikes and the employer mandate in health insurance) that crush smaller competitors. (AP File)

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Retailer regulatory robbery: Corporate warfare by more violent means

Timothy P. Carney · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Democrats in Congress are preparing a new proposal to hike the minimum wage to $10.10, with the increases to come in three steps ending in 2015.

D.C. Council unanimously approves minimum wage hike

Associated Press, Ben Nuckols · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

According to Payscale.com, Walmart's cashiers on average make between $7.50 and $10.77 and sales associates make between $7.63 and $11.83. (AP File)

How D.C.’s effort to raise the minimum wage helps Walmart

Sean Higgins · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Organizers behind a series of strikes in the fast food industry over the last few months are promising another round Thursday. (AP File)

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Fast-food strikes set for Thursday

Sean Higgins · December 2, 2013 5:00 am