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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 ...
Wage war on wage theft: Legislature should pass EMPIRE Act
New York Daily News· 1 day agoThe bill would give “representative organizations” like labor unions, whistleblowers and directly...
Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle to pay for food, housing, report says
CBS News via Yahoo Finance· 12 hours ago"The hourly pay at Amazon is not enough for the backbreaking work ... For the hard work we do and...
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· 3 days agoMundelein rounded out the three Illinois towns in the ranking with one of the lowest housing costs....
Brandon Johnson hits back
Politico· 3 days ago...Tribune’s Olivia Olander. — State ‘intends’ to keep Logan Correctional Center open during proposed rebuild, by Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore — ...
Walmart lays off hundreds of employees, relocates most remote staff back to primary offices
The Journal Times· 21 hours agoThe layoffs at Walmart, which will release its latest quarterly earnings Thursday, comes a month...
States Whose Economies Are Failing vs. States Whose Economies Are Thriving
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoAfter the economy righted itself in the wake of the pandemic and things seemed to be looking up in...
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· 1 day 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 ...