Closing The Wage Gap

By ANDREW KENNEY October 2, 2019 On Wednesday night, Denver’s city leaders got their first in-person taste of public opinion about a proposed minimum wage hike. The town-hall meeting was organized by the city and hosted in the west Denver office of the Service Employees International Union Local 105. The audience was full of purple-shirted […]

October 3, 2019 Governor Steve Bullock announced Monday, Sept. 30 Montanans earning minimum wage will see the rate increase to $8.65 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2020. “This increase ensures Montanans earning the minimum wage don’t fall further behind, but we still have work to do to make a living wage a reality for all

By STEPHEN SINGER SEP 26, 2019 @6:00 AM The minimum wage in Connecticut is set to increase to $11 an hour on Tuesday. The General Assembly approved the higher minimum wage in party-line votes this spring. In the House, all Republicans opposed the legislation. All Democrats, except two, voted for it. In the Senate, no

By Dave Bartkowiak Jr. September 25, 2019 @6:45 AM DETROIT – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders joined striking United Autoworkers (UAW) union members Wednesday when they picketed at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. Wednesday marked the tenth day since union leaders decided to initiate a national strike Sunday, Sept. 15, against the automaker. By

By Walter Einenkel September 24, 2019 Any conversation about increasing the minimum wage will inevitably include the naysayer argument that increasing labor costs will scare employers from hiring, and in fact will lead to higher unemployment. The majority of Americans support raising our country’s pathetic minimum wages; and anytime increases to minimum wages are made,