By Jerry Askin October 02, 2019 ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer may get his way Monday if City Council approves raising the minimum wage for all city employees to $15/hour by 2021. It’s something Dyer said he’s been pushing for years. “If somebody has to work two jobs to simply make a living

By Aarthi Swaminathan October 3, 2019 Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren wants to raise the minimum wage to $15. According to her newly-released “Empowering American Workers and Raising Wages” plan, the Democratic Massachusetts Senator noted that she wanted to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour for all workers, including tipped workers and workers

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