Study finds renters in states that raised their minimum wage during the first decade of the 2000s experienced fewer defaults than renters in states that did not raise their wage floor. by Clark Merrefield | March 7, 2022 | In the months after a state raises its minimum wage, fewer residents miss their rent payments, […]
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By Katia Dmitrieva and Matthew Boyle, Published: Nov. 25, 2021 Seattle Times Business/Economy – With inflation flaring, American white-collar employees have an edge in year-end salary discussions, though it may prove tough to secure raises that outpace surging prices. The insatiable demand for labor in the pandemic recovery coupled with record quit rates and a barely changing
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By Summer Lin, Published: Nov. 18, 2021 San Jose, CA. (Bay Area News Group) – Kaiser employees strike along Hospital Parkway in front of a Kaiser medical center in San Jose, Ca. Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees are expected to walk out in sympathy with engineers, who have been striking for about two
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Alex Sowyrda – March 16, 2010 Political Science Department, San Francisco State University report prepared for the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition On the Researcher I am currently a graduating senior studying political science at San Francisco State University. I have been interning with the SF Living Wage Coalition since late last October to help
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From May 14 to October 12, 2012, the UCSF Family and Community Medicine Project assigned students to work with the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition to study the vision and dental care needs of participants in the welfare-to-work transition. The following report is a summary of the results gathered by UCSF medical students Bob Sise,
