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Wage war on wage theft: Legislature should pass EMPIRE Act
New York Daily News· 14 hours agoThe bill would give “representative organizations” like labor unions, whistleblowers and directly...
MARK-TO-MARKET: California's $20/hour minimum wage stirs controversy in fast food industry
Quad-City Times· 4 days agoLast September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1228, which raised the minimum wage for certain fast-food workers within ...
Calls continue for an increase in pay for Direct Service Professionals in Illinois
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoThe current wage rate of $17.39 is 139% of the minimum wage. Lawmakers and advocates cite a high...
Metro-east city named among the ‘cheapest, safest’ places to live in US. Here’s why
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoMundelein rounded out the three Illinois towns in the ranking with one of the lowest housing costs....
Walmart lays off hundreds of employees, relocates most remote staff back to primary offices
The Journal Times· 10 hours agoThe layoffs at Walmart, which will release its latest quarterly earnings Thursday, comes a month...
Brandon Johnson hits back
Politico· 2 days ago...Tribune’s Olivia Olander. — State ‘intends’ to keep Logan Correctional Center open during proposed rebuild, by Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore — ...
States Whose Economies Are Failing vs. States Whose Economies Are Thriving
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoAfter the economy righted itself in the wake of the pandemic and things seemed to be looking up in...
The Missouri legislature is cutting local governments' power to pass their own laws
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 7 days agoIf Kansas City had its way, the local minimum wage would run $17 per hour, grocery stores would only use paper bags and you’d need to pass a background ...
Support builds around new push to raise minimum wage
St. Joseph News-Press· 2 days agoRead more: https://newspressnow.com
Paid sick leave sticks after many pandemic protections vanish
The State· 14 hours agoBill Thompson's wife had never seen him smile with confidence. "I didn't have any teeth to smile with," the 53-year-old of Independence, Missouri, said. Thompson said he dealt with throbbing ...
