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Fast-food restaurants in California are laying off workers to prepare for the $20 minimum wage hike
Two Pizza Hut franchisees in California are among those who are laying off workers, federal WARN fi…
Grace Dean
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Biden's promised economic agenda remains stalled, from student-debt relief to a minimum-wage hike and beyond
From student-loan relief to reversing Trump's tax cuts, Biden's 2020 economic agenda remains large…
Laura Italiano
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Minimum wage workers in 22 states will get a raise at the start of 2024. Here's every state hiking their pay.
Minimum wage workers in New York, Ohio, Maine, and many other states will see pay increases on Janu…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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The $7.25 minimum wage is 13 years old — inflation has made it worth less than it's been in decades
It's been so long since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage that it's ready for its bar m…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise
Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has b…
Juliana Kaplan,Eliza Relman
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Bernie Sanders just introduced a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour
"There are millions of workers in this country who are working literally on starvation wages," Sen.…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey…
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How to 'act your wage,' according to 2 millennials who did it: 'If a company is paying you, let's say minimum wage, you're gonna put in minimum effort'
Workers are sticking to their job descriptions and nothing more by quiet quitting and acting their …
Juliana Kaplan
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Companies are paying workers up to 20% less than they're worth because employers hold the power — and the Biden administration wants to change that
A new report from the Department of Treasury finds that things like employers misclassifying worker…
Juliana Kaplan
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Bernie Sanders approves of Biden raising the federal contract minimum wage to $15, urges Congress to act
"Congress should follow his lead and end starvation wages for the rest of the nation. Let's get it …
Juliana Kaplan
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An East Coast restaurant chain has been ordered to pay $11.4 million back to more than 1,300 employees over claims it paid staff below minimum wage
Some Plaza Azteca restaurants paid set wages regardless of how many hours they worked, which could…
Grace Dean
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California could get an $18 minimum wage. Experts outline how it could get rid of worker shortages and cause a 'ripple effect' throughout the country.
"Workers aren't going to come back for anything less than a guarantee of a permanent wage increase,…
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden just gave over 300,000 workers a raise to $15 an hour
Any company that has a contract with the federal government will have to pay workers on those proje…
Juliana Kaplan
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf reportedly said it was 'embarrassing' the state minimum wage has been $7.25 for more than a decade
Pennsylvania hasn't raised its minimum wage since adopting the $7.25 an hour federal minimum wage i…
Grace Dean
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Kyrsten Sinema's hometown is about to raise the minimum wage to $15 - a measure the Arizona senator voted against
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema made a splash when she dramatically voted against a $15 federal mini…
Juliana Kaplan
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The lowest-paid workers saw their CEOs make 670 times their salaries last year — all while inflation cancelled out their raises
In 2021, some workers' salaries went down thanks to inflation. Meanwhile, some CEOs made 1,000 time…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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'Bidenomics' is being used to tout the country's economic progress — but Americans are still waiting for key Democratic priorities like a higher minimum wage and paid leave
The economic data from President Biden's term is stellar. But both his party and Republicans have h…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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Service workers saying 'I quit' are pushing up wages and shutting down the tradition of tipping your waiter
Restaurants are desperate to hire, so some are revisiting the federal minimum for tipped workers of…
Juliana Kaplan
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Nearly half of all Black workers in the US make less than $15 an hour: 'How is anybody supposed to live?'
47% of Black workers and 70% of women of color earn less than $15 an hour. Insider spoke to people …