A recent study roiled the Left and encouraged pro-business advocates, who warned about raising the minimum wage too quickly. The study pointed out that the increased minimum wage in Seattle, Washington, decreased about $125 for minimum wage workers per month, or about 9% of their hours worked. Talk about a failure of the union-backed ‘fight […]
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Field workers for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit over lack of overtime pay and sub-minimum wage payments. Oh, the irony: Justin Swidler, the attorney representing the field workers, argued the Democratic Party failed to pay workers a minimum wage and denied them overtime compensation. Swidler “says the lawsuit seeks ‘fair pay for […]
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Economics and common sense means less jobs when the minimum wage is hiked: Washington, D.C., is getting a real life lesson in economics as the city moves closer to implementing a $15 per hour minimum wage. During the first six months of 2016, restaurants in D.C. shed 1,400 jobs. That’s a 2.7 percent decline in […]
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Say hello to the rise of the automated machines at fast-food restaurants: Minimum wage increases are set to go into effect in 15 localities on Friday. Minimum wage increases will go into effect in 15 cities in California, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon, and Illinois, as well as the District of Columbia. Those increases threaten to curb hiring […]
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Say bye to jobs, D.C. Also, the City Council negotiated this measure to avoid the ballot this November, which the council feared they would lose. Photo by Joe in DC
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That’s what happens when you raise the minimum wage and ignore how small businesses typically operate (i.e. they have to make budget and a profit; imagine that). Photo by Joe in DC
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The former CEO of the fast-food restaurant company, Ed Rensi, penned an op-ed that was published by Fox News and warned of the fight-for-$15 movement’s jobs implications. Photo by BobboSphere
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Due to increasing minimum wage costs, Wendy’s will look to install self-serve kiosks to replace staff. Photo by time_anchor
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So much for this ‘living wage’ rhetoric, when people can’t get jobs to begin with. Photo by Chicago Workers Collaborative
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Rick Scott is trying to lure California-based businesses to relocate to Florida, where there is no $15-an-hour minimum wage law. Photo by Fibonacci Blue
Continue Reading6/29/2017 - Study: Minimum Wage Workers Lost $125 Per Month due to Minimum Wage Hike
5/17/2017 - Ironic: Workers File Lawsuit against DNC over Wages, Overtime Pay
8/26/2016 - Fight for $15 Fiasco: D.C. Restaurants Lose 1,400 Jobs
7/1/2016 - Minimum Wage Hike to Hit Several States Today
6/22/2016 - Fight for $15 Takes Hold in D.C. after City Council Approves Measure
6/10/2016 - Report finds Half of DC Employers Will Fire Workers, Cut Hours after Minimum Wage Law Passed
6/2/2016 - Ex-McDonald’s CEO: Fight for $15 will Cost Jobs, Lead to Automation
5/16/2016 - Thanks Fight-for-$15: Wendy’s to Introduce Self-Serve Kiosks
5/12/2016 - Fight for $15 Fallout? CBO Report finds Higher Unemployment among Unskilled Young Men
4/28/2016 - Florida Governor’s Radio Ads in California Criticize New Minimum Wage
4/15/2016 - LA Unions Want to Be Exempt from $15/Hour Minimum Wage
4/15/2016 - Heated #DemDebate between Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton
4/11/2016 - Labor Union Organizers Funneled Funds to ‘Fight for $15’
4/5/2016 - California, New York Pass Higher Minimum Wage Laws
3/28/2016 - $15 Minimum Wage Deal Tentatively Reached in California
3/25/2016 - California Voters will Vote on $15-an-hour Minimum Wage
2/26/2016 - Seattle’s Living Wage is Now ‘Livable Schedules”
2/24/2016 - Millennial’s Letter to Yelp CEO Complains about Low Pay, High Housing Costs in San Francisco
2/17/2016 - New York Times Claims No Proof that $15/Hour Wage Hurts Employers
11/17/2015 - Study: Hillary Clinton’s $12/Hr Wage Hike would Eliminate 770,000 Jobs
9/20/2015 - Anti-Wal-Mart Group Fractures into Two Groups
9/4/2015 - Wal-Mart Raised Wages, but Now is Cutting Work Hours
8/11/2015 - The $12 an Hour Minimum Wage Increase could Hurt Maine’s Economy
7/27/2015 - Hillary Backs $15 an hour Minimum Wage Hike as She Moves to the Left
6/8/2015 - WATCH: Hillary Clinton’s Wage Increase Stance is … Fuzzy
5/13/2015 - Congress Likes Living Wage, but Not for Their Interns
4/15/2015 - Seattle Phasing in Higher Minimum Wage and Makes Eating Out More Expensive
4/15/2015 - SEIU Wants In, Set to Protest McDonald’s for Higher Minimum Wage
4/4/2015 - Obama’s Dept of Labor doesn’t get $60 Million in Back Wages to Low-Wage Workers
4/1/2015 - Ha! George Soros-Owned Restaurant Sued for Unfair Wages
3/24/2015 - Seattle Restaurants: The $15 Wage Hike will Lead to Hours, Staff Cuts
2/21/2015 - Wal-Mart raises their Wages, but Liberals Still Whine
1/3/2015 - Liberal Media Keeps Pushing Minimum Wage Myths
10/29/2014 - Out of Options, Labor Union Group sues Wisconsin GOP Gov. Walker to Raise Minimum Wage
4/10/2014 - Maryland Legislators Raise Minimum Wage to $10 as ObamaCare exchange falls apart
3/6/2014 - As war looms, Obama fights for Minimum Wage Increase
2/21/2014 - NBC’s Chuck Todd Calls White House Pushback on CBO Minimum-Wage Report “Petty” [Video]
2/13/2014 - Obama signs Another Executive Order, this time for Hiking the Minimum Wage
1/2/2014 - SeaTac $15 Minimum Wage partly struck down by Courts
12/27/2013 - What ObamaCare? Democrats Push for a Higher Minimum Wage
11/29/2013 - Seattle Area City narrowly votes to enact $15 Minimum Wage Law
