minimum wage
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Viral Video Shows a Man Ranting Over His Salary Offer at This Popular Retail Store
“I couldn’t even wipe my a** for $12 an hour," said the man in a TikTok clip.
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Rick Ross’ Wingstop Franchise Fined For Labor Law Violations
The Department of Labor found that five Mississippi Wingstop locations had child labor and minimum wage violations.
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Women and People of Color Disproportionally Represent Low-Wage Workforce, According To Study
More than 32 percent of the U.S. labor force, or 51.9 million workers, are making less than $15 an hour.
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Senate Referee Shoots Down Minimum Wage Increase, Now Some Democrats Want Her Fired
Let’s play a game, shall we? Can anyone tell me what the minimum wage was in 2009? How about 2011? What about 2015? If you guessed slave wages, you are right. For the past 12 years the minimum wage has been $7.25. That’s it. For perspective I’d like to add that in 2009, “Boom Boom…
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Senate Approves Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package But Rejects $15 Minimum Wage Increase [Updated]
The U.S. Senate approved a budget bill in the wee hours of Friday morning and after a voting session that lasted around 15 hours because Republicans and Democrats are still the Bloods and Crips of the political world, and there was plenty of beef to be had behind partisan agendas. The good news is that…
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Florida Republican Wants to Exclude Felons From Minimum Wage Increase Because Florida Republicans Are Terrible People
Is it just me, or do Florida Republicans just really hate not being evil? We talk a lot of shit about Florida—about how it’s filled with crazy white people, how it looks like America’s dong and how the GOP dicks in office reflect that image—and sometimes I do feel like the state gets a bad…