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“The hell with his minimum wage raise, we don’t have any jobs”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2014 22 Comments

Black Chicago activists speak out: "My life has been hurt by Democrats"

Protests for $15 fast food minimum wage fizzle

Posted by Amy Miller on September 05, 2014 46 Comments

Not exactly a mass national uprising.

San Diego Minimum Wage Petition Battle

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 03, 2014 29 Comments

Petition Drive Drama Shows Voters Already Intense about 2014

L.A. Mayor to boost fast food automation (by raising minimum wage to $13.25)

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 28, 2014 35 Comments

The laws of economics need not apply, apparently.

Rep. Barbara Lee: I’d support $26/hr minimum wage in California

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on May 03, 2014 47 Comments

We'll have what she's having.

2012’s College grads land in minimum wage jobs

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 01, 2013 30 Comments

An important premise of “The American Dream” is that a college education guarantees a successful career. However, that dream is slipping away — unless being a coffee shop barista is the job goal. Ben Casselman of the Wall Street Journal takes a look at a...

Fantasy in the reality-based community over the $22 per hour minimum wage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2013 24 Comments

Fantasy, via an author in the final issue of The Boston Phoenix: Elizabeth Warren was the only senator on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, aside from the chair and ranking minority, to show up at last Thursday’s hearing on indexing the minimum wage to...

Elizabeth Warren cherry-picked $22 per hour minimum wage number

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2013 39 Comments

Guess which she picked from $9.22, $10.01, $10.52, $12.25, $15.34, and $21.72

Minimum wage gone viral

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 27, 2012 18 Comments

A map of US wages that suggests most Americans live in some sort of indentured servitude has gone viral. Thankfully, the claim is easily debunked: If that sounds bogus, it’s because it is. Here’s why: Very few people who earn the minimum wage are living...

Union Hires Non-Union Members At Minimum Wage To Protest Wal-Mart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2010 5 Comments

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