Feb 15 Activists fear Biden is undermining efforts for a higher minimum wage By Will Weissert, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press President Joe Biden campaigned on raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour and attached a proposal doing just that to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief bill. But that provision appears in jeopardy. And Biden himself may be… Continue reading
Feb 08 CBO finds $15 minimum wage would reduce poverty, increase federal debt By Kevin Freking, Alan Fram, Josh Boak, Associated Press A new report from the Congressional Budget Office finds that increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the number of Americans living in poverty and boost wages for millions of people. Continue reading
Jan 30 Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flashpoint in the fight for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, testing President Joe Biden’s ability to bridge Washington’s partisan divides as… Continue reading
Jan 02 2020 brings higher labor costs for small businesses By Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press A look at a handful of the 2020 changes in federal, state and local laws and regulations from minimum wage to plastic bag bans. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:02 From marijuana legalization to minimum wage, how state laws are changing in 2020 Now that 2020 has arrived, scores of new laws are going into effect across the country. From legalization of marijuana and criminal justice reform to raising minimum wage and the cost of electric cars, state legislatures are having a major… Continue watching
Aug 23 DOJ says immigration facility shouldn’t have to pay minimum wage By Gene Johnson, Associated Press A lawsuit seeks to force the detention center operator to turn over profits it gained by underpaying them — an amount that could reach into the millions. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 7:22 Bill de Blasio on inequality, Eric Garner and his 2020 competitors By Judy Woodruff, Kate Grumke Bill de Blasio has been mayor of New York City since 2014. He is one of the latest entrants into the 2020 Democratic presidential contest but has been ramping up his campaign since, delivering one of the most memorable lines… Continue watching
Jul 18 House passes bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The bill has almost no chance of passage in the Republican-controlled Senate. Continue reading
Jul 08 Hiking minimum wage to $15 would boost millions, government report says By Associated Press The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also said Monday some 1.3 million workers could lose their jobs with the higher wage. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 10:18 Why some residential caregivers call their jobs ‘indentured servitude’ By Jennifer Gollan, Reveal Providing for the elderly has become a multi-billion dollar industry, with about 29,000 residential care facilities operating across the country. But a new investigation by Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting, finds that some of these facilities are profiting… Continue watching