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What Scott Walker’s Elimination Of Wisconsin’s Living Wage Law Means For Workers

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Last year, 100 low-wage workers in Wisconsin decided to sue their governor, Scott Walker (R), over their pay. The state had a century-old statute on the books saying that the minimum wage “shall be not less than a living wage,” enough “to permit an employee to maintain herself or himself in minimum comfort, decency, physical …

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Childcare Workers Need a Living Wage

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

When a group of young fast food workers decided to lift their voices on the job and join together in the demand for better wages, no one believed anything tangible would come from it. Two months ago, those same workers won $15/hr. Their action and bravery sparked a global movement known as the Fight for …

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Hundreds gathered in DCA yesterday, but it wasn’t for what you think.

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage, Uncategorized / By max cyril

Yesterday I joined my brothers and sisters around the world at Ronald Reagan national airport in the demand for higher wages, better trainings and working conditions for airport workers. I got involved with the union and Fight for 15 because I saw the imbalance of power that is hurting people. As a cabin cleaner at …

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The Morality of a $15 Minimum

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Have you noticed how often conservatives who disagree with a policy proposal call it a “job killer?” They’re especially incensed about proposals to raise the federal minimum wage. They claim it will force employers to lay off workers worth hiring at the current federal minimum of $7.25 an hour but not at a higher minimum. …

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Raising the Minimum Wage Has a Negligible Effect on Jobs

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As states, cities and municipalities across the country raise wages to improve the lives of working people, it is worth highlighting how such moves affect low-income communities of color. Many argue that higher wages hurt job growth. Here’s why that thinking is wrong. The Congressional Budget Office, in an extensive review of the available research …

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Federal Judge: Home Care Workers Entitled to Minimum Wage and Overtime

Leave a Comment / Fair Labor Standards Act, MinimumWage / By max cyril

In a unanimous decision, a federal appeals court reversed a district court and ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor was within its authority to issue a rule change meant to provide home care workers with a minimum wage and overtime protections. The case is now remanded to the district court. In 2013, the Labor Department announced …

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Can Au Pairs Legally Be Paid Less Than $5 An Hour?

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

Beaudette Deetlefs, who goes by Bella, thought being an au pair in the United States would be a great opportunity. The agency she applied to told her she’d travel with her host family on vacation, earn enough to put money into savings, and be treated like a member of the family. But the when she …

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California Moves To Pay Professional Cheerleaders Minimum Wage

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Thanks to what is believed to be first of its kind legislation, legal minimum wages and worker protections may be on the horizon for California’s professional cheerleaders. A bill proposed by State Rep. Lorena Gonzalez (D) in January, and approved by the Senate on Monday, requires California sports teams to adhere to state and federal …

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This week in the war on workers: Massachusetts home care workers win $15 pay

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The Fight for 15 has another win. Home healthcare workers, who are represented by SEIU, will get a raise to $15 by July 2018, up from a current pay rate of $13.38, with a raise of 30 cents an hour effective next week. The more than 35,000 workers care for elderly and disabled people on …

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Stop Freaking Out: The Union-Backed Minimum Wage Exemption Isn’t About Paying Union Workers Less

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On June 13, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the city’s landmark $15 minimum wage into law. Although the city’s workers won’t be seeing that full figure until 2020, the new law will bring billions of dollars into the pockets of at least 36% of the workforce, and should be seen as the culmination of …

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What Scott Walker’s Elimination Of Wisconsin’s Living Wage Law Means For Workers

Childcare Workers Need a Living Wage

Hundreds gathered in DCA yesterday, but it wasn’t for what you think.

The Morality of a $15 Minimum

Raising the Minimum Wage Has a Negligible Effect on Jobs

Federal Judge: Home Care Workers Entitled to Minimum Wage and Overtime

Can Au Pairs Legally Be Paid Less Than $5 An Hour?

California Moves To Pay Professional Cheerleaders Minimum Wage

This week in the war on workers: Massachusetts home care workers win $15 pay

Stop Freaking Out: The Union-Backed Minimum Wage Exemption Isn’t About Paying Union Workers Less

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