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Heated discussion on minimum wage ends with ‘Let’s vote’
Tahoe Daily Tribune· 1 day agoCouncilmember Tamara Wallace made a motion directing the city manager to take no action establishing a local minimum wage, seconded by Councilmember Cristi ...
Lawmakers, advocates at odds with Mills over right to sue in farmworker minimum wage bill
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 day agoApr. 25—Lawmakers and advocates who support a bill to give farmworkers protections under Maine's minimum wage law are frustrated by a veto from Gov. Janet ...
Janet Mills vetoes her farmworker minimum wage bill over changes allowing lawsuits
Bangor Daily News· 3 days agoTuesday’s veto was surprising, as the Democratic governor had unveiled her bill in March following...
Southern workers are building power — God bless them | WILLIAM J. BARBER and JONATHAN...
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Bible we preach says that the worker is worthy of his...Luke 10:7). Corporations have a moral...
Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAnother attempt to give farmworkers in Maine the right to minimum wage has failed, but this time...
Tulsa speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Apr. 19, 2024
Tulsa World· 7 days agoState Question 832 is a ballot measure that seeks to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an...
Biden's capital gains tax proposal could crush the economy, experts say
Fox News· 6 hours agoAccording to a report issued by the Treasury Department, led by Secretary Janet Yellen, the...
‘Absolutely unsustainable’: Chippewa Falls schools support staff angry over unequal pay
The Chippewa Herald· 2 days agoSupport staff in Chippewa Falls public schools are frustrated with the new district wage scale,...
Criminalizing homelessness is cruel and unusual punishment | Opinion
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWith nearly half of all low-income renters paying a third of their limited income to rent, it comes...
Louisville Mayor Greenberg's $1.1 billion budget proposal. Here are the highlights
The Courier Journal via Yahoo Finance· 4 hours agoAs of 10 p.m. Thursday, the city had not released the full budget. Here are some key takeaways from the mayor's budget proposal address: Increase in city worker salaries To ...