Closing the Wage Gap

Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.

These ‘loyal’ workers get the job done, but without a decent minimum wage their support system is in trouble

By DENNIS MCCARTHY | PUBLISHED: September 6, 2019 They’re the Valley’s most loyal workforce, these dedicated men and women from New Horizons with special needs who work at Von’s, Albertson’s and Jon’s supermarkets in the north Valley. You’ve seen them bagging groceries and bringing in carts from the parking lot. If not there, somewhere. They

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Opinion | Susan Knopf: Raise the minimum wage

September 6, 2019 Time is running out, and minimum wage is a lot more complicated than you think. Our state Rep. Julie McCluskie said, “The current minimum wage does not provide a livable wage.” The newly passed House Bill 19-1210 isn’t going to give anybody a livable wage anytime soon. All this talk about $15

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A $15 minimum wage is exactly what our economy needs

07/16/19 08:00 AM EDT This week, Democrats in the House have the chance to end poverty wages and increase paychecks for 27 million American workers. There’s no excuse not to get this done. Democratic candidates around the country ran on a $15 minimum wage. In 2018, Arkansas and Missouri — not exactly bastions of liberal politics

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Tipping point: State bills would equalize minimum wages for wait staffers, other workers

Jul 14, 2019 at 5:00 AM Two bills filed in the state Legislature could raise the wages of thousands of waitstaff at restaurants across Massachusetts. The “one fair wage” bills S.1082 and H.1617, sponsored by state Sen. Patricia D. Jehlen, D-Somerville, and state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield, would steadily equalize the minimum wage for tipped and non-tipped workers

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