Nov 27 $15 minimum wage wins in Seattle suburb by 77 votes, possible recount looming By News Desk // A ballot initiative to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour in SeaTac, Wash., has won -- three weeks after Election Day. King County election officials certified the 77 vote margin of victory Tuesday. The Proposition also… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Supreme Court heard arguments about a woman who tried to poison her husband’s mistress… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Former Interns Debate Worth and Legality of Unpaid Gigs Legally, unpaid interns can't displace regular paid workers, doing real work for no pay. So why have unpaid internships have become so pervasive? Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to some former interns frustrated with not being paid for work duties… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Labor Secretary Perez: ‘Level Playing Field’ Needed for American Workers Labor Secretary Perez: 'Level Playing Field' Needed for American Workers… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch D.C. Picks Fight With Walmart Over Higher Wages for Low-Income Workers D.C. Wages Fight With Walmart Over Higher Wages for Low-Income Workers… Continue watching
Feb 14 Wouldn’t a Minimum Wage Hike Lower the Welfare Rolls? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers Next Avenue readers' questions about whether a minimum wage hike would induce people to leave welfare, and whether such a hike would increase the government's tax revenue. Protesters advocate for raising the minimum wage outside… Continue reading
Feb 14 The Man and the Thinking Behind the Minimum Wage Hike By Paul Solman President Obama is pushing a controversial hike in the minimum wage. It is surely no coincidence that his chief economic advisor is Alan Krueger, an economist who became famous in the 1990s for research supporting minimum wage hikes. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch After State of the Union, Obama Begins Push to Raise Minimum Wage After State of the Union, Obama Begins Push to Raise Minimum Wage… Continue watching
Dec 04 For Singles, Job Losses Hit Twice as Hard When it comes to job losses, the economy's slide has been twice as painful for singles as it has for married adults. Continue reading