Karl Kramer

By Bruce Mikells May 12, 2023 Louisiana workers who are hoping to see an increase in their compensation for jobs well done still have a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe that compensation will be increasing. Earlier this week we told you the story of legislation in the Louisiana House that would raise the […]

By David Robinson May 12, 2023 New York’s minimum wage – which has increased by at least 70 cents an hour during each of the last 10 years –  will have one more increase of that magnitude coming next year. After that, the upstate minimum wage will rise by 50 cents an hour during each

By Morgan Phillips May 4, 2023 Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a bill raising the minimum wage by more than $10 on Thursday. His legislation would enact a $17 minimum wage, up from the $15 he proposed in 2021 and way up from the current $7.25 national minimum wage.      The Vermont Independent said the committee he

By Mark Kreidler April 28, 2023 The latest legislative effort to give hundreds of thousands of health care workers a wage that enables them to afford living in California is facing predictable headwinds. Industry lobbyists quickly forecasted mass job cuts and higher costs to patients, while the powerful California Chamber of Commerce labeled the proposal

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Grace Ashford April 27, 2023 ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced that she and state lawmakers had reached an agreement on a roughly $229 billion state budget that would change the state’s bail laws, increase the minimum wage and provide urgently needed funding for New York City’s transit