Closing the Wage Gap
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Letter: Minimum wage increase in N.H. would do more harm than good
Robert Swanson Feb 23, 2020 To the editor: New Hampshire Democrats are again trying to legislate their bad economic policies at the State House. The latest example is raising the minimum wage. They are blindly pushing for this policy despite its terrible impacts. Last year, New York raised its minimum wage, and in response restaurants
Weaver introduces bill to set minimum wage control at regional level
week.com February 24, 2020 PEORIA (WEEK) — A local state lawmaker has introduced legislation to amend the minimum-wage bill that was signed into law last year. State Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) recently introduced SB 3396, which would allow for regional control of setting the minimum wage. The current law will raise the minimum wage to
5 facts about the minimum wage
By Drew Desilver January 4, 2017 Fact #1: Adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage peaked in 1968 at $8.68 (in 2016 dollars). Since it was last raised in 2009, to the current $7.25 per hour, the federal minimum has lost about 9.6% of its purchasing power to inflation. Back in 2015, The Economist estimated
When it comes to raising the minimum wage, most of the action is in cities and states, not Congress
By Drew Desilver February 24, 2020 The federal minimum wage has stood at $7.25 an hour since July 2009. Given the partisan split between the House and Senate, it seems destined to remain there for the foreseeable future, despite broad public support for raising it. But in some ways, Congress’ deadlock is almost a side
Striking UC Santa Cruz Workers Are Spending Almost All Their Money on Rent
“I am risking de-facto expulsion and having to leave the country.” By Lauren Kaori Gurley February 24, 2020 When Sohum Banerjea started his PhD in computer science at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 2016, he paid $800 a month to sleep in a bare-bones living room. It was the best he could afford with the
In the UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strike, Class War Meets the California Housing Crisis
Mairav Zonszein February 21, 2020 “This is a marathon, not a sprint,” Sarah Mason, a graduate student in sociology at the University of California Santa Cruz, tells a crowd of several hundred students, wrapping up the fourth day of an unprecedented wildcat strike that has drawn threats of mass dismissal and captured the attention of