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Category: Minimum Wage

Wellstone Award Winner Saru Jayaraman: Empowering Restaurant Workers

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

The founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is on the front lines with restaurant workers, highlighting their plight and giving them a voice to challenge the National Restaurant Association.

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Blocked Wage Increase Another Sign Of Right’s Economic Sabotage

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

What would otherwise be a virtuous economic cycle has been broken by wrong-headed economic austerity. The filibuster of a minimum wage bill Wednesday in the Senate is the latest example.

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Today’s Senate Minimum Wage Vote Is A Moral Litmus Test

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

Religious leaders “driven by Scripture’s repeated admonitions against exploiting and oppressing workers” remind us that the Senate vote on the minimum wage is not just a key vote politically.

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Meet Some ‘Smart Capitalists’ Who Have Already Raised Their Minimum Wage

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

Three business owners say they know first-hand that raising federal the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would be a win for business as well as a win for workers.

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Leo Hindery on Minimum Wage: “I’d Be Embarrassed” To Be McDonald’s CEO

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

Business leaders who call themselves Smart Capitalists were on Capitol Hill to lobby for legislation that would increase the minimum wage. For one of them, Leo Hindery, this is about ethics as well as economics.

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The Minimum Wage Fight Is A Fight For Women

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

Millions of women are the backbone of the services sector yet struggle to provide the basics for their families. Here’s how they would benefit from a $10.10 minimum wage.

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Most Small Businesses Want A Minimum Wage Increase, Poll Says

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

Fifty-seven percent of small businesses in a new survey said they support a $10.10 minimum wage. They think an increase in the minimum wage is good for their bottom line and would be good for taxpayers.

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Tell House Members to Put The Minimum Wage To A Vote

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

It’s time to tell Boehner to, as he likes to say, let the House work its will. Use our click-to-call tool to ask your member of Congress to sign the discharge petition to put an increase in the minimum wage on the House floor.

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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Fear The CBO Minimum Wage Report

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Isaiah J. Poole

The Congressional Budget Office today concluded that a hike in the minimum wage to $10.10 could mean the loss of 500,000 jobs. But context matters. Here’s what you also need to know.

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McOutrage: Poverty Wages For Workers, Corporate Jet for Execs

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Isaiah J. Poole

McDonald’s, with $1.5 billion in corporate profits, says it can’t afford to give raises to its workers, but it can afford to buy a new corporate jet. Tell McDonald’s to ground the jet and pay its workers a living wage.

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