Apr 17 Watch SeaTac airport workers fight exclusion from $15 minimum wage By PBS News Hour In SeaTac, Wash., home of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, citizens voted last year to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. However, a court decision — now being appealed — has excluded the 5,000 or so workers on airport… Continue watching
Apr 16 Proposed minimum wage hikes still won't benefit workers in exempt jobs By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Some low-paid workers won't benefit even if a long-shot Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum wage becomes law. More than a dozen categories of jobs are exempt from the minimum, currently $7.25 an hour. Those exclusions, rooted… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch As fast food workers protest low pay, some argue wage increases would kill jobs As fast food workers protest low pay, some argue wage increases would kill jobs… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch How holiday business openings impact workers How retailer pressure to compete for holiday dollars impacts workers, culture… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch As aid begins to reach some typhoon survivors, doctors face grim supply shortage As aid begins to reach some typhoon survivors, doctors face grim supply shortage… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Relief workers struggle to provide life-saving services to typhoon survivors Relief workers struggle to provide life-saving services to typhoon survivors… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch A Living Wage for the Greater Good? A Living Wage for the Greater Good?… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Airport workers in suburban Seattle take on living wage debate at the ballot box Airport workers in suburban Seattle take on living wage debate at the ballot box… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Obama on shutdown: "All of this is entirely preventable" Obama on shutdown: "All of this is entirely preventable"… Continue watching