The Guardian has admitted the so-called “living wage” is causing employers to cut perks, hours and even pay to some employees: From fish factories in Grimsby to coffee shops in central London and even Waitrose supermarkets, workers across the country
Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her support for raising the federal minimum wage to $15-an-hour during Thursday’s CNN Democratic presidential debate. Hillary said she would “of course” sign a bill raising the federal minimum wage
At 5 AM on a chilly morning in New York, hundreds of organizers and protesters were already gathering near the Fox News/News Corp. building in preparation for a series of planned events around a variety of Democrat-aligned issues including raising the minimum wage, union issues, the push for immigration reform, and attacks on leading Republican candidates.
On Monday, University of California Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced that the educational institution will be eliminating 500 jobs over the course of two years, which will wind up saving an estimated $50 million.
California and New York acted Monday to gradually push their statewide minimum wages to $15 an hour – the highest in the nation – as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders again seized on wage disparity and the plight of the working poor in their fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.
(Reuters) – More than a million British workers were given a pay rise on Friday as a higher minimum wage came into force, an economic experiment that fed in to a tense political debate on whether the country should leave
With 42 percent of U.S. workers making less than $15 an hour, the union-led “living wage initiative” that just qualified for the California ballot in November is generating opposition from business — and Governor Jerry Brown.
The CEO of restaurant chain Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s has revealed his plans to replace employees with fully automated machines as a means to cut the cost of rising minimum wages.
Riding the current wave of populist enthusiasm, state and local legislators across the country have sought dramatic localized minimum wage increases.
Now that the Oregon legislature has hiked the minimum wage, effective this July, colleges and universities in the state have a decision to make: hire fewer student employees, cut the school’s budget, or raise tuition.
Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she will support a $15 an hour minimum wage during Thursday’s Clinton-Sanders Town Hall on MSNBC. Hillary was asked, “Will you support a living wage of $15 an hour,
Early voting in the Texas primary election begins on Tuesday, February 16. Presidential, Congressional, Texas statewide, and local races are on the ballot along with some propositions.
Facing a barrage of criticism from business, and labor skepticism over threats of higher unemployment, Oregon Governor Kate Brown is scaling back her $15.52 minimum wage proposal.
Los Angeles residents of impoverished Chinatown were shocked to learn on January 17 that the Walmart they pleaded for years to get would be shut down at 7 p.m. Sunday evening due to the city’s new $15 minimum wage ordinance, and union harassment.
The City of Santa Monica’s City Council voted on Tuesday night to approve a minimum wage ordinance that, if approved when it is presented for a second time in two weeks, would raise minimum wage for most businesses to $15 an hour by the year 2020.
The Left’s strategy for covering Barack Obama’s failures, and sticking us with his disastrous Secretary of State as his successor, requires his friends to somehow smear public opposition as irrational “anger.”
Big Labor is set to have their annual Black Friday Walmart protests this week, but critics say that the protest is more about extorting big business than trying to raise the minimum wage for Walmart employees.
One of Hillary Clinton’s top supporters in Ohio has jumped from team Hillary and is now endorsing Bernie Sanders for the Democrat nomination for president, a report says.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated that he opposed raising the minimum wage during Tuesday’s primetime GOP presidential debate on the Fox Business Network. Carson was asked, “You have suggested one minimum wage does not fit all, and that
Turmoil is rising between divisions of the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) labor union over circumventing failed legislative efforts and attempting to use ballot measures to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.
The melancholy truth that America’s leftists, and the young people they exploit for political support, stubbornly refuse to learn is that the true minimum wage is zero. When the cost of labor is increased beyond its true value by government fiat, employers learn to make do with fewer workers.
A report by the Chicago Sun-Times reveals that the Chicago Police Department started a special program to monitor local African-American groups after the death of Michael Brown and the ensuing riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts signed an order paving the way for two million home-care workers to be eligible for minimum wages and overtime pay.
LONDON (Reuters) – Concerns among British employers about a new, higher UK minimum wage are contributing to a sharp slowdown in hiring via recruitment firms, according to a survey published on Thursday. The number of people hired last month for
As the retail sector continues to contract despite claims that the economy is doing better, Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, have announced that, from now and into next year, the company will be closing at least 100 stores across the nation.
BERLIN, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Senior German conservatives are urging a flexible application of Germany’s new minimum wage in relation to refugees, arguing that those with minimal qualifications could struggle to find jobs at the 8.50 euro ($9.60) hourly rate. Deputy
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said that he is “probably, or possibly” in favor of raising the minimum wage, but that it should be indexed, and the country needs two minimum wages at Wednesday’s primetime debate on CNN. Carson
Two members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who wanted to exempt some employers from a minimum wage hike lost their battle on Tuesday.
A planned increase in Britain’s minimum wage represents a gamble on the part of the government and could curb job growth, a top representative of the country’s employers said. John Cridland, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, said rising
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments today on the International Franchise Association’s appeal to overturn a U.S. District Court judge’s previous decision that denied a preliminary injunction to halt the application of Seattle’s minimum wage law to franchisees. The Seattle law is drafted so that large businesses with more than 500 employees must pay a minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2017 or 2018. However, smaller employers have more time – until 2021 – to increase the minimum wage.
The latest non-partisan Field Poll shows that two-thirds of Californians support a $1.5 billion bump in tobacco taxes and raising the $15 minimum wage by 2021.
Competitive cheerleading could soon be recognized an official sport in high schools in California.
“All great change in America begins at the dinner table,” Mark Levin quotes President Reagan’s Farewell Speech in the final chapter of Plunder and Deceit.
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump gave his thoughts on the minimum wage and as to whether or not raising the minimum wage would good for the American economy. “It’s such a nasty question because the
Small businesses are already struggling to survive the spate of minimum wage increases to $15 per hour in parts of California.
Syndicated radio host and bestselling author Mark Levin spoke to over 1,000 “fellow patriots” on Sunday night at his “favorite place,” the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Levin signed copies of, and discussed his youth-focused book Plunder and Deceit: Big Government’s Exploitation
Mexico’s disparate wage and wealth distribution levels are the worst of any economically developed nation. So says a report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Unions in Los Angeles are again seeking to exempt their workers from the $15 minimum wage hike for which they pushed earlier this year.
Low wage workers in Seattle who spent months agitating for a city-wide $15-per-hour minimum wage were quite successful in their quest. But many have suddenly found that the new rate has had unexpected consequences.
The realistic response to minimum-wage increases involves some combination of making do with less labor – cutting hours, firing people – or passing the cost increase along to consumers. Rarely do we find such a clear-cut example of the latter as the hefty price increase at Chipotle restaurants in San Francisco. As the Chicago Tribune reported, the company was quite direct about raising its prices to cover the cost of local minimum-wage hikes, above and beyond the general price increase imposed on numerous markets to account for the rising cost of food supplies, particularly beef.
