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Predatory lenders working to protect profits by freezing Arizona’s minimum wage?

By Laurie Roberts Nov. 18, 2019 Attention Arizona: You have before you a bold — really bold (think brazen) — opportunity. The chance to sign a petition that “unleashes the ingenuity of the American spirit to strive to grow and prosper”. The chance to “safeguard fundamental freedom” and remain free from “the whims of politicians […]

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BONUS TIME Lidl to give 19,000 staff pay rise next year as Living Wage jumps

By Levi Winchester Nov., 19 2019 MORE than 19,000 Lidl workers are set for a pay rise – but not until March next year. The supermarket is hiking pay packets to match the new Real Living Wage, which is rising to £9.30 per hour outside London. Employees working in London will see their wages boosted

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John Bel Edwards wins Louisiana governor’s election

BY SARAH EWALL-WICE, AARON NAVARRO – NOVEMBER 16, 2019 Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards will remain the only Democratic governor in the deep south, after winning a tightly-contested governor’s election against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone Saturday night, according to the Associated Press. The Democratic candidate’s win is a discouraging sign for Republicans and President Donald

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Raising the minimum wage under consideration for Pennsylvania

November 16, 2019 by wcednews HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Discussions toward raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage for the first time since 2009 are heating up. The move is also an effort to get Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to abandon an extension of overtime pay eligibility to thousands of workers. Leaders of the Senate’s Republican majority said

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