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an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped?
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Tony Haas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
The measure would make California’s minimum wage the highest in the nation.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
Restaurant servers and other workers who make tips can currently be paid less than minimum wage as long as their pay plus tips exceeds minimum wage.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
On the docket for next week: The Economic, Community Development and Jobs Committee will consider a city report on raising the minimum wage for some tourism workers, including hotel employees.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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Tony Haas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
The measure would make California’s minimum wage the highest in the nation.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
Restaurant servers and other workers who make tips can currently be paid less than minimum wage as long as their pay plus tips exceeds minimum wage.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
On the docket for next week: The Economic, Community Development and Jobs Committee will consider a city report on raising the minimum wage for some tourism workers, including hotel employees.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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Boeing machinists voted against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than five-week strike that has halted most of the company’s aircraft production, which is centered in the Seattle area.Leslie Josephs, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Getty Images Boeing machinists voted 64% against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than five-week strike that has halted most of the company’s aircraft production, which is centered in the Seattle area.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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What was Gisele Bündchen’s Victoria’s Secret salary?Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
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Actually Practical Magic Conjuring up a life partner whose salary is that of a K-pop star, who can prepare pancake batter (and not from a box), who does not have any optical abnormalities as your health insurance doesn’t cover vision, and who can parallel park.Anna Pook, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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Xiong is pro-choice, supports living wages, worker’s organization rights and tax cuts for working families as well as investments in public transportation, roads and infrastructure.Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
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Due to the high cost of child care, that estimated living wage spikes to $33.36 an hour for one adult with one child in Alabama.Matt Egan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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