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2024: Big progressive wins in a bad year

Organizers tell Salon how they pulled off major victories in a year marked by the rise of the far-right

Salon

Waffle House Workers Say Owners Pocket Millions Through Wage Theft

Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.

Capital & Main

Minister defends Labour budget as Bank of England issues dire growth warning

Businesses have responded to Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiking the minimum wage and increasing National Insurance contributions by cutting jobs and raising prices

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No, California's $20 Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers Did Not Create Jobs

A University of California, Berkeley, study trumpeted in the media doesn't say what the press release claims.

Reason

Sen. Bernie Sanders Discusses President Biden's Pardoning Of Hunter Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses Biden potentially pardoning Hunter Biden, advocates for raising minimum wage, and praises Biden's progressive economic policies.

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£75m expansion fund for extra childcare places ahead of full rollout

But early years providers have warned that they could be forced to close as a result of national insurance and minimum wage rises in the Budget.

The Independent UK

Missouri Business Groups Sue To Stop Minimum Wage Increase

Missouri business groups challenge voter-approved law raising minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave, sparking legal battle.

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Missouri companies sue to stop a law that raises minimum wage and requires paid sick leave

Missouri business groups have filed a lawsuit to try to stop a voter-approved law that will raise the state’s minimum wage and require employers to give workers paid sick leave

The Independent UK

Mexico To Increase Minimum Wage By 12% In 2025

Mexico plans a 12% minimum wage increase for 2025, but peso devaluation offsets gains. Learn more about the wage hike and its implications.

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Grill’d was able to pay Arda $3 less than minimum wage. Unions want this youth ‘loophole’ abolished

Advocates argue it’s time for young people’s wages to rise but business groups claim paying more will push some companies into insolvency

The Guardian - AU

Harvester and Toby Carvery owner says it will take £100m hit from tax changes

Mitchells & Butlers faces ‘cost headwinds’ because of rises in national minimum wage and employer NICs

The Guardian - UK

AO World boss warns over price increases to offset £8m Budget blow

The retailer estimates its wages bill will go up by £4 million due to the rise in NICs and another £4 million because of the minimum wage increase.

Evening Standard

The New York Times Claimed D.C.'s Minimum Wage Hike Created Jobs. We Exposed Their Error.

The reporting was cited by One Fair Wage as proof that its policy worked.

Reason

Why These Workers Want a Lower Minimum Wage

Eliminating the tipped wage in Washington, D.C., has led to higher prices and fewer restaurant jobs.

Reason

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California Becomes First State In Decades To Vote Down Minimum Wage Increase

California residents voted against raising the state's minimum wage to $18 an hour, marking the first such failure in the U.S. since 1996.

Latin Times

California Becomes First State in Decades to Vote Down Minimum Wage Increase

California residents voted against raising the state's minimum wage to $18 an hour, marking the first such failure in the U.S. since 1996.

The Guardian - US

California voters reject $18 minimum wage ballot measure

State narrowly votes against measure that would have benefited 2 million workers

Reason

California Bucks Alaska and Missouri by Rejecting Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative

The Democratic state displayed more economic literacy than its Republican counterparts.

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California Voters Reject Minimum Wage Increase Measure

California voters reject /hr minimum wage increase proposal, citing economic concerns and potential job cuts.

The Independent UK

California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour

Reason

Abolish the Federal Minimum Wage

There is a "virtual consensus" among economists that the minimum wage puts people out of work.

The Guardian - UK

UK disability charities say NICs rise will cause ‘life-changing’ cuts

Groups providing vital services say impact of tax and minimum wage rises will lead to cutbacks

Fortune

How the Democratic Party lost American workers: It’s the minimum wage, stupid

Harris promised to raise the minimum wage and decried the current $7.25 an hour as 'poverty wages' with only two weeks left to go in the campaign.

Salon

The progressive sales pitch problem

Trump voters backed abortion, minimum wage and family leave — but don't get that Project 2025 would take it away

The Guardian - UK

BT says budget is set to cost it £100m as it reveals 2,000 more jobs have gone

Firm says changes to employers’ national insurance and minimum wage rise will add to costs as it cuts forecasts

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