Minimum Wage
Los Angeles does it again: $15 an hour!
July 23, 2015The nation's largest local government voted to raise the minimum wage for county employees and workers employed in the unincorporated areas -- 1.2 and 1.6 million workers.
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NY Governor Cuomo announces support for raising minimum wage
May 12, 2015"It's a question of simple math: You cannot support a family in New York for $18,000 a year."
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Fast food worker forced from Mexico barely makes it in New York
May 12, 2015He makes $6.40 an hour delivering pizzas by bicycle; he has one day off a week; he is living in a studio apartment uptown with six other people; the rent is $1100.
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Video: Minnesotans march for worker rights, $15 an hour
May 12, 2015Local organizations and unions gather in the Twin Cities on April 15 for the national actions in the fight to raise wages.
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Wall Street bonuses equaled double annual pay of minimum wage workers
March 17, 2015Wall Street banks handed out $28.5 billion in bonuses to their 167,800 employees last year, up 3 percent over 2013, according to figures from the NY State Comptroller.
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