By: Katie Bach and Zeynep Ton for Politico March 29, 2021 To the disappointment of many on the left, President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package did not include an increase in the federal minimum wage, dimming the prospect of setting a national wage floor at $15. But there is another step the administration can take […]
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By: Ayelet Sheffey March 19, 2021, Business Insider While the lack of a minimum wage increase in the latest stimulus bill was a blow to many progressives, they aren’t giving up the fight to ensure the wage gets increased this year. And on Friday, they joined labor leaders in a call with reporters to share
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By: Ben Jealous for the St. Louis American, Tues March 14, 2021 It is time for a maximum push for a new minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has not budged for more than a decade. But the cost of living keeps rising. So, low-income people fall further and further behind. Raising the minimum wage to
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By: Jessica Goodhart for The Guardian Capital and Main March 9, 2021 Sara Fearrington, a North Carolina waitress, joined the Fight for $15 campaign two years ago. A server at a Durham Waffle House, her take-home pay fluctuates between $350 and $450 a week, leaving her struggling to pay bills every month. She voted
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