Editorial: Fighting for a living wage, legislators notwithstanding
By the Editorial Board | Aug 4, 2018 St. Louis hourly workers benefited briefly last year from an ordinance raising the minimum wage to $10 ...
Read MoreBy the Editorial Board | Aug 4, 2018 St. Louis hourly workers benefited briefly last year from an ordinance raising the minimum wage to $10 ...
Read MoreMissouri Secretary of State certifies signatures for November ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage gradually to $12 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Secretary of ...
Read MoreIn Chicago, wages are up and unemployment is down. This month, 367,000 workers in “the city that works” received raises when Chicago’s minimum wage rose ...
Read MoreOver the past two years, the Trump administration has worked tirelessly to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The U.S. Congress’ repeal of the individual mandate penalty and the ...
Read MoreDespite a tightening labor market, wage growth has been below the inflation rate. Meanwhile, only 4 percent of U.S. workers received a pay raise due ...
Read MoreAs part of its full-court press to require low-income people who receive nutritional, health or housing support to work, the Trump administration’s Council of Economic ...
Read MoreCorporate profits have rarely swept up a bigger share of the nation’s wealth, and workers have rarely shared a smaller one. The lopsided split is especially ...
Read MoreDonald Trump tells us every day the US economy is “strong”, “booming” and “roaring”. Yes. That’s true for his billionaire friends. Not so true for tens of ...
Read MoreRural families face the highest energy burdens of any household group in America and spend a much larger percentage of their income on energy bills ...
Read MoreEconomists are pinching themselves. When demand runs ahead of supply, prices are supposed to go up. Then how can the labor market be so tight ...
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