$15 Wage Wins in Seattle: ‘We Did This. Workers Did This.’

Less than six months after the start of an aggressive grassroots campaign, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage on Monday, the highest in the nation. A supporter of the $15 an hour minimum wage holds a sign during a Seattle City Council meeting in which the council voted to raise the […]

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
This Friday, Dec. 28,2012 photo Kaylee Feight talks about the impact of a minimum wage increase on her job at Quiznos in Helena, Mont. Montana's minimum wage workers are getting a small pay raise on New Year's Day when an automatic cost-of-living increase takes effect. (AP photo/Matt Gouras)

Less than six months after the start of an aggressive grassroots campaign, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage on Monday, the highest in the nation. A supporter of the $15 an hour minimum wage holds a sign during a Seattle City Council meeting in which the council voted to raise the minimum wage in Seattle, Monday

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The Minimum Wage Employees Of The Future, Today

A boom in self-service kiosks in restaurants have some people wondering if technology is replacing minimum wage workers.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Food Calorie Postings

Since President Barack Obama announced in his 2014 State of the Union address the need for a federally-mandated raise in the hourly minimum wage to $10.10, many have speculated that the president’s call may ultimately spur an increase in the use of automation to replace minimum-skill jobs. This line of thinking was fueled, in part, by Amazon.com

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Senate Nears Minimum Wage Vote, Defeat Likely

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans grappled Wednesday over which party is truly helping American families as the Senate neared a vote on a Democratic election-year bill increasing the federal minimum wage, a measure that seemed all but certain to be defeated. “Millions of American workers will be watching how each senator votes today,” asserted […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans grappled Wednesday over which party is truly helping American families as the Senate neared a vote on a Democratic election-year bill increasing the federal minimum wage, a measure that seemed all but certain to be defeated. "Millions of American workers will be watching how each senator votes today,"

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I’m A Whistleblower: Want Fries With That?

An Apartheid of Dollars: Life in the New American Minimum-Wage Economy.

Peter Van Buren
By Peter Van Buren
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There are many sides to whistleblowing. The one that most people don't know about is the very personal cost, prison aside, including the high cost of lawyers and the strain on family relations, that follows the decision to risk it all in an act of conscience. Here's a part of my own story I've not talked about much before. At age 53, everything

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In Preemptive Strike, Oklahoma Bans Efforts To Increase Minimum Wage

Law signed by Gov. Mary Fallin thwarts local workers’ rights initiatives.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
This Friday, Dec. 28,2012 photo Kaylee Feight talks about the impact of a minimum wage increase on her job at Quiznos in Helena, Mont. Montana's minimum wage workers are getting a small pay raise on New Year's Day when an automatic cost-of-living increase takes effect. (AP photo/Matt Gouras)

In a preemptive strike against local efforts to strengthen workers' rights, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) on Tuesday signed into law a measure that forbids all cities and counties in the state from raising the minimum wage any higher than the current federal requirement of $7.25 an hour. Further, the law bans all localities from requiring

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CEO Pay Soars As Worker Pay Stagnates

According to Executive PayWatch data, U.S. CEOs pocketed, on average, $11.7 million in 2013, compared to the average worker who earned $35,293. That means CEOs were paid 331 times that of the average worker. (CEO pay was 774 times the minimum wage.)

Dave Johnson
By Dave Johnson
Wall Street Banksy

How’s your job going – if you even have one? The odds are very, very high that you haven’t seen a raise in a long time. Or maybe you were laid off and found a new job at half your old pay. They say this is the “new normal.” Meanwhile, CEO pay just keeps climbing and climbing and climbing (and climbing and climbing and climbing and climbing and

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