Minimum Wage

ACORN's hypocrisy also extends to its stand on the minimum wage. While it has often attempted to force minimum-wage increases on private businesses through ballot initiatives and local ordinances, ACORN tried to exempt itself from California's minimum-wage requirements. According to EPI, "ACORN...  

The national minimum wage will increase for all employees from today . For employees aged 22-years-old and over, the hourly rate will rise to 5.73 from 5.52, for those aged between 18 and 22 the rate will ...  

Around one million workers across the UK will soon have a little extra money in their pockets as the National Minimum Wage increases on Wednesday.  

AUGUSTA and#8212; Minimum wage earners will receive a raise in their hourly pay on Oct. 1, when the state minimum wage increases a quarter from $7 to $7.25 per hour. This is the first in a two-step increase that will lift the minimum wage rate to $7.50...  

Minimum wage earners will receive a raise in their hourly pay on Oct. 1, when the state minimum wage increases a quarter from $7 to $7.25 per hour.  

If you've recently asked the question, "what is the minimum wage in the United States?" you might be surprised to learn it went up again--from $5.85/hour to $6.55/hour--on July 24. After all, the federal minimum wage was $5.15 for a decade, until last year, when legislation mandated three...  

Washington's minimum wage is increasing to $8.55 next year. The 48-cent increase takes effect on Jan.  

More than one million workers will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage from Wednesday, the TUC has said.  

Seeking work that pays at least $2.45 above the federal minimum wage? One of the Cherokee Nation's expanding casinos may hold just the job for you.  

Over a million workers will benefit from an increase in the national minimum wage this week, with women making up two thirds of those affected, according to a new study.  

Sen. John E. Sununu should be ashamed of himself. While people like me are struggling to put gas in their cars and food on their tables, our senator voted against increasing the minimum wage eight times.  

Around 10 o'clock last night, as Dino Rossi was leaving Blaine, Washington, a rural town 20-minutes north of Bellingham on the border with Canada - 'where he and Governor Chris Gregoire had just sparred in ...  

Regarding the letter, "Minimum wage increase gets passed on to consumers," : People often have difficulty dealing with complex issues and often settle just for one issue.  

For students who have had trouble affording living expenses in Utah, a new study has shown making ends meet is a challenge.  

In yesterday's second gubernatorial debate, before the Association of Washington Business at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, Rossi said he would support rewriting the state's minimum wage law.