Tag: Minimum Wage

The D.C. Council wants to make sure that the city is complying with a law that requires people working on city contracts to be paid a "living wage."

D.C. Council to examine wage law for contractors

Associated Press · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Ohio, for instance, would go from a job growth rate of 32,500 to losing 71,400 jobs a year. Overall employment would fall by 320,000 in the U.S.

California minimum wage hike will cost 190k jobs, according to conservative think tank

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand proposes raising minimum wage to $10.10 an hour

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2013 4:00 am

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said 's wrong that Minnesota has a lower minimum wage than all of its Midwest neighbors and one of the lowest in the country. (Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he’d ‘settle for’ $9.50 minimum wage

Associated Press · September 25, 2013 4:00 am

The Missing Linke

Victorino Matus · September 20, 2013 6:28 am

Obama Delays Minimum Wage Increase

Jim Swift · September 19, 2013 3:28 pm

Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, is set to have his nomination as secretary of labor voted on by a Senate committee Thursday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Beltway Confidential

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez: Raising minimum wage is ‘moral and economic imperative’

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

Walmart blamed the state of the economy and the January payroll tax hike in particular for weak sales on Thursday as it reported lower than expected earnings and cut its profit forecast. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

‘Living wage’ measures hurt the young, unskilled workers the most

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Feds Push ‘Faith-Based Argument for Raising the Minimum Wage’

Jeryl Bier · April 10, 2013 12:50 pm

Barnes Podcast: Obama Thinks He’s the New FDR

TWS Podcast · February 15, 2013 9:05 pm

Obama: Raise Minimum Wage to $9 Per Hour

Obama: Raise Minimum Wage to $9 Per Hour

Daniel Halper · February 13, 2013 2:21 am

New year brings dime increase to Mo. minimum wage

New year brings dime increase to Mo. minimum wage

Associated Press · December 30, 2012 5:00 am