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‘Shame on us’ Labor & Industry secretary says of Pa.’s stalled minimum wage

By Cassie Miller Embarrassing. That’s the one word that Pennsylvania Labor & Industry Secretary Gerard Oleksiak and his top deputy used Wednesday to describe Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, which has been mired at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade. The two Wolf administration officials made the case for a wage hike during the agency’s […]

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New Brunswick’s minimum wage to increase in April

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

By Aya Al-Hakim February 19, 2020 The provincial government has announced Wednesday that the minimum wage will increase to $11.70 per hour on April 1, from the current rate of $11.50 per hour. “Our government is committed to energizing the private sector and creating the environment that our businesses need to succeed,” said Post-Secondary Education,

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Guest View: Raise minimum wage to help NH families, economy

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

By Donna Soucy Jan 28, 2020 Any person working full time should be able to provide for themselves and their family. That is why I have introduced SB 410, my 8th piece of legislation aimed at raising New Hampshire’s minimum wage. I have been fighting for a living wage for Granite Staters since I was

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State-required minimum wage in Westchester going up

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

By Peter Katz December 6, 2019 The minimum wage required to be paid under New York state law by businesses in Westchester goes up to $13 per hour as planned on Dec. 31, as a Dec. 4 report by the Division of the Budget found that scheduled minimum wage increases have not negatively impacted the

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