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As New Minimum Wages Take Effect, California’s Cities Keep Raising the Bar

Local governments are pushing wages above the state’s already high minimum, even as many workers still can't keep up with California's cost of living.

Capital & Main

Trump’s Policies Are Adding Up to a Hostile Work Environment

A flurry of actions, from mass layoffs and ICE raids to union-busting and tariffs, are straining U.S. workers and fueling uncertainty.

Capital & Main

Wages grow faster than inflation: report

Wages grew by 4.1% over the last year, while the price of goods rose 3.4%

Salon

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Why labor is losing even as unions win

Union membership is not keeping up with workforce growth

Salon

Why Labor Is Losing Even as It Wins

Weak laws embolden combative employers, so even with big wins and all-time high support, union membership is not keeping up with workforce growth.

Capital & Main

US teachers grapple with a growing housing crisis: ‘We can’t afford rent’

Educators are struggling with pay disparities and a widening housing and cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - US

Is it time for teachers to get a raise?

In his 2023 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for public school teachers to get a raise but offered no specifics on how that could be done. Here, Michael Addonizio, an education policy expert at Wayne State University, provides insight on the current state of teacher salaries,…

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Minimum wage just increased in 23 states and D.C. Here's how much

Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year's holiday, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

WEKU

Inflation pushes minimum wages higher in some states

DENVER — Low-wage workers in more than a dozen states — and many more cities — could get unexpectedly large raises next year, thanks to minimum wage increases that will reflect soaring consumer prices.

Tribune News Service

The lasting impact of right to work laws

Axios

Commentary: It’s time to raise the federal minimum wage

Inflation is a big problem these days. Prices are rising for everything from bacon to rent to hotel rooms. And while the Federal Reserve announced aggressive measures to curb costs last week, not all economists believe this is the best approach for helping working people.

Tribune News Service

Behind the Joe Biden v, Jeff Bezos beef

The Bezos-Biden spat comes as the price of food and fuel soars and Amazon workers organize to form a labor union

Salon

Majority of hourly workers at big chains earn less than $15 an hour

Today's $15 is the equivalent of $11.97 a decade ago.

Axios

SEIU members rally for ‘Babies before Bezos’

The downtown rally was held on the same day the Economic Policy Institute released a report that shows 69 percent of Illinois corporations paid no state corporate income taxes from 2015 to 2018.

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Fed's rate hikes threaten its goal of narrowing racial gaps

America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in unemployment

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