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Big retailers are finally on board with $15 minimum wages, but the pandemic revealed that workers need a lot more from their employers
The federal minimum wage has sat at $7.25 per hour since 2009. Experts and advocates say that's no …
Áine Cain
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Democrats might need to settle for a $11-per-hour minimum wage, Goldman Sachs says
A $15 minimum wage could lift 900,000 people out of poverty, but also cut employment by 1.4 million…
Ben Winck
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Delaware just became the 10th state to enact a $15 minimum wage
Delaware's minimum wage will be $15 by 2025. The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009 - w…
Juliana Kaplan
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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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Bernie Sanders says Democrats will try to devise a backdoor to implement a $15 minimum wage after major stimulus setback
Sanders said he would introduce a plan to end tax breaks for large corporations and set up incentiv…
Kelsey Vlamis,Joseph Zeballos…
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Biden's plan for a $15 minimum wage could mean one in 5 Americans earns more. Nearly a third of Black workers would get a raise, research suggests.
Black or Latina women account for one in four people who could benefit from the minimum-wage increa…
Grace Dean
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A $15 federal minimum wage could be on the horizon but economists are mixed on how it may pass and its impact
Democrats want to pass the measure through budget reconciliation, a quick legislation process that …
Erin Snodgrass
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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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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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Rhode Island just passed a law raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025
Rhode Island became the ninth state to raise its minimum wage to $15, months after Congress decline…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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80% of Americans think the federal minimum wage is too low, new poll finds
A new poll from Amazon/Ipsos found that 2 out of 3 respondents with an opinion on the topic support…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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McDonald's has reportedly been collecting 'strategic intelligence' on unionizing workers as they fight for a $15 minimum wage
McDonald's has spent years monitoring staff connected to groups such as Fight for $15, which aims t…
Grace Dean
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Big companies raising wages could boost pay for workers at nearby businesses
Jeff Bezos noted a recent paper showing that Amazon's increase to a $15 per hour wage boosted pay i…
Madison Hoff,Juliana Kaplan
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Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema partner on a bipartisan proposal to hike the minimum wage
Sinema, a Democrat, voted against including a $15 minimum wage increase in the $1.9 trillion stimul…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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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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Over 200,000 workers are seeing a pay bump today as 2 states and DC up their minimum wages
While the federal minimum wage is still $7.25, many states and cities have taken matters into their…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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$15 an hour isn't nearly enough to cover the average American's annual expenses, according to a new report
Someone earning $15 an hour would have to work for 2 years to cover just a single year of the avera…
Heather Schlitz
4 mins read
Minimum-wage workers and activists say $15 an hour is a moral and economic imperative
"President Biden is right: nobody who goes to work every day should still live in poverty," Sylcori…
Juliana Kaplan
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Nearly 400,000 federal contractors will get paid $15 an hour starting this weekend. Biden's labor secretary says there's 'no question' it'll cut down on labor shortages.
"It's a good worker policy, and it's a good investment," Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told Insider.
Juliana Kaplan
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How Democrats could ditch the GOP and increase the minimum wage on their own
The $15 minimum wage hike didn't make it into Biden's party-line stimulus law, but Berkeley economi…