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Atishi hikes Delhi's minimum wages to become highest in the entire country, workers to be paid minimum Rs 18,066 starting Oct 1
According to Atishi, before the AAP came to power in 2013, the minimum wage for unskilled workers i…
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Many drivers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are earning well below minimum wage, even with tips, a new paper finds
Many gig drivers earn less than local minimum wage after expenses, some earning just 40 cents an ho…
Noah Sheidlower,Jacob Zinkula
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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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Female beedi rollers from Farakka suffer from TB and 'lower-than-minimum' wages
Kashmeera Biwi (50) has a persistent cough and cold, but it comes as no surprise considering tha…
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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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Elizabeth Warren says $20,000 in student loan debt 'might as well be $20 million' for people who are working at minimum wage
Warren expressed her support for protests or a debt strike should student-loan forgiveness continue…
Lauren Frias
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I'm a millionaire businessman who was arrested for protesting with restaurant workers. We demand better wages for the employees running our economy.
The House did its job. Now the Senate needs to pass the Raise the Wage Act and finally give tipped …
Brian Boland
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600 years ago a king tried to deny a post-pandemic labor shortage was real — and it ended up killing hundreds of people
The labor shortage after the Black Death gave workers power. A new book shows how the king tried to…
Jason Lalljee
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Fast-food workers are holding a Black History Month strike in 15 cities to push for a $15 minimum wage
McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's workers in cities including Atlanta, Detroit, and Houston will…
Grace Dean
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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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This pizza chain owner who pays $16 an hour says there's no labor shortage, just a shortage of businesses willing to pay a decent wage
Michael Lastoria, CEO of &pizza, told Insider he hasn't struggled to staff his 51 restaurants becau…
Zahra Tayeb
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Fast-food workers are leveraging the labor shortage to demand higher pay on the anniversary of the last federal minimum wage increase 12 years ago
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 and was last raised in 2009.
Mary Meisenzahl
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Target CEO Brian Cornell says George Floyd 'could have been one of my Target team members'
The CEO of the Minneapolis-based retail giant called the murder conviction of former police officer…
Dominick Reuter
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Farmers continue to block highways in Punjab, Haryana as they wage protests against three agriculture-related bills
The protesters also warned that if any Member of Parliament from Punjab supported the farm Bills…
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Retail giants like McDonald's and Walmart stopped fighting a $15 minimum wage. Here are 3 of the new battlegrounds.
The new battlegrounds include tipped minimum wage, joint employment, and opposing "hero pay" regula…
Kate Taylor
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Amazon faces Black Friday strikes and protests on 'Make Amazon Pay' day
Unions say the Black Friday action is the "largest day of industrial disruption" in Amazon's 30-yea…
Polly Thompson
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Amazon exec Jay Carney pens letter in support of $15 minimum wage increase
"We believe $15 an hour is the minimum anyone in the US should be paid for an hour of labor," wrote…
Allana Akhtar
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Adidas event shut down by protestors as factory wages become hot-button issue for the sneaker and garment industry
Protestors from the Pay Your Workers Campaign on Thursday disrupted a Portland, Oregon, event that …
Matthew Kish
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Uber has proposed a new minimum wage for drivers after years of protests, but it comes with a catch
However, that number applies to a very specific portion of time, and would only apply while a drive…
Graham Rapier
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TUs urges FM to hike income tax ceiling, minimum wages, pension
New Delhi, Dec 19 () Trade unions urged the government to provide minimum wage of Rs 21,000, minimu…