May 29, 2024 Provided by Dow Jones Today, in two-thirds of married families with children, both parents work. This is a necessity for many households, affording them survival rather than abundance as living expenses and debt have risen. Read More

By Aaron Washington, Published on May 08, 2024, hoodline, The economic landscape of King County might be set for a dramatic shift as the Metropolitan King County Council gears up to cast its votes on elevating the minimum wage to a lofty $20 an hour for large-scale businesses. Read More

by Farida Jhabvala Romero, May 8, 2024, KQED, When Karina Ceballos received her first paycheck reflecting California’s new minimum wage for fast-food workers, she felt a big wave of relief. The single mom said she earned about $400 extra last month, which made it much easier to pay bills and rent for her family’s apartment

By Alyse Smith Updated April 07, 2024, The Bellingham Herald publishes articles each month on grocery, gas, rent and real estate costs, as well as roundups of local jobs that pay a “living wage,” but now we have crunched the numbers to find a figure we feel is closer to an actual living wage in

HANA BORDEY, GMA Integrated News February 19, 2024  The Senate approved Monday on third and final reading a bill increasing the daily minimum wage of workers in the private sector by P100.Senate Bill 2534  or “An Act Providing for a 100 Pesos Daily Minimum Wage Increase for Employees and Workers in the Private Sector” garnered

Robert Reich February 19, 2024 That’s how much millions of American workers are paid under the federal subminimum wage — which was set all the way back in 1991. While many think tipping for services has gotten out of control, arguing over who deserves a tip and how much they should get distracts from what we should