Minimum Wages: To Raise, or Not to Raise?
Like most policy debates, the one on minimum wages is framed by many as a simple issue of growing vs. shrinking the economy, inflating vs deflating wages, and creating vs.
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The Fight for $15 is Gone with the Wind
The Fight for $15 may soon be out of steam. Since its debut in 2012, the largely union-backed movement to raise minimum wages to $15 per hour has stolen headlines…
Minimum Wage Hike Could Cost Maryland County 47,000 Jobs by 2022
An independent study commissioned by Montgomery County, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., predicts some 47,000 jobs could be lost by 2022 if the County raises the minimum wage to $15…
Emails Show Seattle’s Coordination with Activists in Minimum Wage Research
Last month, researchers from the University of Washington informed the city of Seattle that despite the best efforts of the Service Employees International Union they had failed to repeal…
Minimum Wage Update: Missouri Limits Local Wage Hikes
Much to the dismay of labor unions and fiscally irresponsible progressives, St. Louis, Missouri will now revert back to the state minimum wage rather than moving forward with a dramatic…
Fight for Negative $125
The left-wing hotbed of Seattle (home to the United States’ only openly Trotskyist lawmaker, Councilor Kshama Sawant) was among the first cities to pass the $15 per hour…
Illinois Legislature Advances $15 Minimum Wage Increase
On May 31st the Illinois legislature passed a bill raising the state minimum wage from $8.25 per hour to $15 per hour over five years. The bill has since…
Unions and Their “Worker Centers” Behind a $15 an Hour Minimum Wage
Summary: It began on the fringes of union activism. In just a few years, the campaign for a $15 an hour federal minimum wage—armed with the slogan “Fight for $15!”—has…
DNC Workers Sue Democratic Party for Failing to Pay Minimum Wage
Claiming the Democratic Party has failed to live up to its promise of “fair pay for fair work,” workers have filed a class action lawsuit against the…
Obama’s Secret War on Women: Women will pay a price for “paycheck fairness,” overtime rules, and Obamacare
Obama's Secret War on Women Women will pay a price for “paycheck fairness,” overtime rules, and Obamacare (PDF here) By Diana Furchtgott-Roth Summary: For years, President Obama and his…