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Bloomberg's Legacy Is at Risk -- Here's How He Can Save It

John Petro | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Elections, Equality, Minimum Wage, Inclusionary Zoning, San Francisco, Bill Thompson, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
John Petro

Even during the boom, many New Yorkers saw their wages stagnate while housing prices escalated. Under Bloomberg, New York saw extraordinary growth, but it was far from equitable.

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$13 An Hour Job Gets 500 Applications

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Low Wages, Hourly Wage, Indiana, C.R. England, Business News

C.R. England, a nationwide trucking company, needed an administrative assistant for its bustling driver training school here. Responsibilities include...

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Shall We Take This Opportunity To Eradicate the Middle Class?

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, Unemployment, Employee Free Choice Act, Jobs, Health Care, Unemployment Insurance, Stimulus, Minimum Wage, Steven Davis, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Despite the overblown criticism of the latest stimulus jobs numbers, job creation is lagging in the United States and the economy is clearly not working for the majority of American middle-class households.

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Colorado Minimum Wage Will Drop By 4 Cents With Cost Of Living

Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Minimum Wage, Colorado Minimum Wage, Economy, Consumer Price Index, Cost of Living, Recession, Colorado Minimum Wages, Co Minimum Wage to Drop, Colorado Minimum, Huffington Post Colorado Minimum Wage, Colorado to Drop Its Minimum Wage, Denver News

As the consumer pricing index continues to fall, the State of Colorado will become the first state since 1938 to lower it's minimum wage. From the ...

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Jobs: Optimism Has Employers Hiring Again

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Independent Contractor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Child Labor, Minimum Wage, Florida, Overtime Wages, Workers’ Compensation, Labor Department, Irs, Employment, Business News, Jobs, Sba, Payroll Tax, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Employers who think they can avoid payroll tax and employee benefits by mischaracterizing independent contractors may be in for a surprise. The IRS, Labor Department, and even local state governments may disagree and the consequences can be severe.

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Recovering to Death

Tom H. Hastings | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Minimum Wage, Jobless Recovery, Unemployment, Afghanistan, Economy, Raytheon, Defense Contractors, Recession, Politics News
Tom H. Hastings

Americans are on Full Oxymoron Alert these days, as we read and hear about this "jobless recovery." Recovery for whom?

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Ted Kennedy's Life is Living Proof of Liberal Ideal that Government Can Help Make People's Lives Better

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Title IX, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Ted Kennedy Dead, Immigration and Nationality Act, Apartheid, Family and Medical Leave Act, Ted Kennedy, National-Cancer-Act, Cobra, Edward Kennedy, Minimum Wage, Senator Ted Kennedy, Liberalism, Senator Kennedy, Schip, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.

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Senator Kennedy Made Me Do This

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bilingual Education, S-Chip, Children, Ryan White, Immigration, Ted Kennedy, HIV/AIDS, Senator Hatch, Health Care, Americorps, CARE Act, Massachusetts, Poverty, Minimum Wage, Healthcare, Politics News
Deborah Weinstein

Kennedy's career was marked by a decades-long commitment to help those with the least political power - the poor, children, immigrants, and the uninsured.

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Colorado Minimum Wage May Drop As Living Costs Fall

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 09.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Minimum Wage Increase, Cost of Living, Adjustable Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage Law, Labor, Colorado, Minimum Wage, Personal Finance, Small Business, Economy, Home News

DENVER — Colorado's lowest-paid workers could make even less money next year. That's because the state has an adjustable minimum wage that may b...

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The Minimum Wage and the Coup in Honduras

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Labor, Minimum Wage, Employee Free Choice Act, Manuel Zelaya, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Haiti, Honduras, Obama Administration, World News
Robert Naiman

By its failure to help restore Honduran President Zelaya, the Obama Administration is helping to drive down the minimum wage in Honduras, Haiti, and throughout the world.

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How Ted Kennedy Countered Town Hall Goon Squads

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Astro-Turf Groups, Workers, Senator Edward Kennedy, Health Care Debate, Kennedy, Tea Baggers, Mitt Romney, Thugs, Democratic Town Halls on Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Minimum Wage, Labor Unions, Boston Politics, Honey Fitz, Senator Kennedy, Health Care Reform, Anti-Health Care Reform Thuggery, Eight-Hour Day, Democratic Town Halls, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

There's a simple solution to these Republican astro-turf goon squads that are currently disrupting Democratic town hall meetings on health care. Do what Kennedy did.

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Millions of Americans Will Benefit From Minimum Wage Increase Today

Rep. George Miller | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minimum Wage, George Miller, Wages, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

Unlike tax cuts for the wealthy, a higher minimum wage increases consumer spending on local businesses, which is good for everyone.

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Minimum Wage Hike Could Threaten Low Earners' Jobs

AP | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Minimum Wage, Federal Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage Hikes, Economy, Business News

ATLANTA - A federal minimum wage increase that takes effect Friday could prolong the recession, some economists say, by forcing small businesses to l...

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Workers' Rights Are Civil Rights

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Pension, Minimum Wage, Rich Trumka, Wal-Mart, Wall Street, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Little Rock, Afl-Cio, Central High School, Rev. Wendell Griffin, Wall Street Bonus, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

This week the minimum wage rose by 70 cents to $7.25 an hour, a beggar's lot really, but still corporations across America decried it.

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Low-Paid Workers To Get Raise On Friday

McClatchy | Tony Pugh | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Wage Hikes, Minimum Wage, Federal Minimum Wage, Low-Paid Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The final installment of a three-part increase in the federal minimum wage is proving to be the most controversial. Two previous wage...

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Healthcare and Government's Role in the Economy

Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Smith, Government, Minimum Wage, Economy, Wages, Health, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

The unsung dirge of this health care nightmare is that health care increased in pricing even while their customers paychecks did not increase. And that is the real issue.

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GM Bankruptcy Hurts People of Color Hardest. Workers Desperately Need EFCA.

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, GM Bankruptcy, Economy, United Auto Workers, Efca, Collateral Damage, Race, Labor Unions, Recession, Racial Politics, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, People of Color, Detroit, Foreclosure, Racial Disparities, Auto Industry, Unions, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Seth Freed Wessler

In the economy we've inherited from the last three decades of deregulation and declining union density, people of color are increasingly relegated to low-wage, precarious work that pays too little to support a family.

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Minimum Wage Hike A Stimulus To Economy: Study

Reuters | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Minimum Wage Increase, Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage Hike, Minimum Wage Stimulus to Economy, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A higher U.S. minimum wage is providing a cushion to the economy when it is most needed, according to a report released on Thursd...

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The Ugly Side of Progressive Politics

Justin Callaway | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Dnc, Minimum Wage, Bonus, Grassroots Campaigns, Employment, Dccc, Progressive Politics, Save the Children, Ugly, Fund-Raising, Save the Adults, Liberal, Democrats, Politics, Politics News
Justin Callaway

I used to joke helplessly that I'd be better off working for less in a menial retail job with good benefits once you weigh my hourly rate with the high out-of-pocket cost of my lack of benefits.

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A Tale Of Two State Senators, The Minimum Wage And Bush's Republican Economic Miracle

Howie Klein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dan Gelber, Senate 2010, Minimum Wage, Florida, Washington State, Linda Parlette, Bush Economic Miracle, Politics News
Howie Klein

One of our eager beaver legislators has a solution to all these little mishaps of Bush's Republican Economic Miracle: crank up the war on working American families.

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A Secretary of Labor for Workers

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Minimum Wage, Workers, Hilda Solis, Senator Ted Kennedy, Obama's Cabinet, Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor, Obama, Teamsters, California, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

In 2005, California Congresswoman Hilda Solis contributed $15,000 of her own campaign money to fund a successful movement to raise the minimum wage in California.

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Conspiracy of Silence: Wage Collapse Caused Crisis

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Financial Crisis, Debt, Minimum Wage, Wages, Unions, Working Life, Working Class, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

If the lines had continued to track closely together as they did prior to the 1970s, the minimum wage would be more than $19 an hour.

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Economic Recovery: Fairness for Low-Income Families

Judy Patrick and Surina Khan | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Workers, Wages, Fair Play Act, Politics News
Judy Patrick and Surina Khan

Already disadvantaged by years of workplace and legislative failures, women and their families face an increasingly insecure future if policies are not adjusted to meet our ever more pressing needs.

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An Open Letter to Senator McCain

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women Act, John McCain, Rape, Incest, Supreme Court Justice, The Feminist Majority, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Feminist Left, Voting Record, Eleanor Smeal, Mccain Voting Record, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breast Cancer Research Program, Roberts, Minimum Wage, Lilly Ledbetter, Roe v. Wade, Scalia, Politics News
Eleanor Smeal

Women, Senator McCain, vote on issues important to us, not on whether or not the candidate wears a skirt. The truth is, your candidacy is the worst for women in recent history.

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Dubya Had the Heat Turned Up in August

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Dubya, U.S. Economy, Business Cycle, Minimum Wage, Saving, Economy, George W. Bush, Inequality of Income, Asset Values, Barack Obama, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

In Keynesian terms Dubya's fiscal and monetary policies had the heat running round the clock during a hot summer, inviting the dizzying loss of values in this credit-frozen October.

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