Tag Archives | Minimum Wage

Reporting on California’s fast food minimum wage raise comes with side order of fear

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on January 19, 2024 by Conor Smyth (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) | (Posted Jan 23, 2024)

What’s scarier than a shark attack? An increase in the minimum wage.
A minimum-wage increase can benefit the whole economy

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on January 17, 2024 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

CounterSpin interview with Sebastian Martinez Hickey on minimum wage.
People working a minimum wage job can’t afford rent anywhere in the U.S.

Originally published: Black Agenda Report on July 22, 2021 by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (more by Black Agenda Report) | (Posted Jul 27, 2021)

Over 40% of Black and Latinx households pay more than 30% of their income on rent, compared with 25% of white households.
If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $44 today

Originally published: Inequality on March 29, 2021 by Sarah Anderson (more by Inequality) | (Posted Apr 02, 2021)

The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs paying $15 per hour for a year.
Crediting Xenophobia—rather than organizing—with raising workers’ wages

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on February 19, 2021 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

The Economist (2/15/20) ran a brief article last year with a startling headline: “Immigration to America Is Down. Wages Are Up. Are the Two Related?” Maybe, the article’s anonymous author answered, at least for the short term.