Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage ... $15” slogan in a push for wage hikes — would probably cost almost $20 today, according to the ...
Labor unions and worker advocates are pushing state lawmakers to implement the highest minimum wage in the nation at $20 an hour, just two months after Massachusetts raised the rate to $15.
Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, plans to join Sanders to "make the moral case for raising wages." ...
Americans are in favor of raising the minimum wage well above $20, according to a new poll. Yesterday (May 24), Data for Progress, a progressive think tank, published the results of a survey in ...
On the heels of launching an effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour over five years, US Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is once again asking Congress to raise the minimum wage in the United States -- this time to $17 per hour. Mr Sanders announced via a press conference on Thursday that ...
The retailer, which sees its health care business as a way to drive profits, is trying to retain workers in a competitive ...
Massachusetts and New York follow California at $15 and $14.20, respectively ... Bank of Minneapolis shows that the push to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in both Minneapolis and St ...
An L.A. City Councilmember proposes upping the minimum wage for airport and hotel workers to $25 an hour and raising it each ...
As a result of the H-2A Department of Labor’s rising wage floor, U.S. fruit and vegetable growers find themselves again appealing for a bipartisan solution to the agricultural workforce shortage and ...
It is worth remembering this previous minimum-wage experiment as voters assess whether the progressive push for substantially ... earn less — were $19.15 and $20 respectively.
Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, said Wednesday that it was increasing the wages for its 7,700 pharmacists and opticians, as it expands its health business and seeks to retain the ...
