In their third report on the subject and second update of data, University of California researchers reach the same conclusions that have twice bedeviled the anti-wage hike sector of the restaurant industry: California’s $20 an hour fast food minimum wage, instituted in 2024, did not reduce employment. It led to only the most modest of price increases — barely noticeable to a consumer.
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Almost as soon as the state House passed a bill which would raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, an organization called the Employment Policies Institute began reaching out to members of the media in Pennsylvania to share its view. One press release included a quote attributed to Rebekah Paxton, identified as the group’s research director. “Today’s vote ignores the well…
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Over a third of US states are set to raise their minimum hourly wage in 2026, but worker advocates including Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday decried a federal minimum wage that’s remained at $7.25 since 2009 — and just $2.13 an hour for tipped workers for over three decades. Minimum wage hikes are set to go into effect in 19 states on Thursday: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut…
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The Trump administration is one of the most anti-labor administrations in modern U.S. history — it has attempted to decertify the union representation of more than 1 million federal employees. Trump has also fired key members of the National Labor Relations Board, thus rendering it largely non-functional. Moreover his administration has come out against rules requiring disabled workers all be paid…
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fended off a challenge from democratic socialist Omar Fateh to secure a third term by winning enough support in the second round of the city’s ranked-choice voting system. City election officials declared Frey, a Democrat, the winner Wednesday morning after tabulating second- and subsequent-choice votes. Frey won 42% of first-choice votes, followed by Fateh with…
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Thirty-two-year-old Long Island resident Kathleen Downes, creator of The Squeaky Wheelchair blog, is a licensed social worker who is involved in a host of local and national advocacy efforts. As someone with quadriplegic multiple sclerosis, she needs help getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, doing her hair, and preparing meals. Thankfully, she says, she receives a small amount of…
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