Minimum Wage

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Reportedly Used Prison Labor To Make Campaign Calls

There’s something predictable and almost poetic about the towering hypocrisy of many politicians.

NYC Minimum Wage Insanity Yields Job Cuts, Fewer Hours, Harms The Poor

Ethics and Economics are connected! Who'd-a-thunk?

Sanders Campaign Slapped with Federal Labor Complaint – After Granting Staffers’ Demands for $15 Min. Wage

Give an inch… You know the saying.

Bernie Camp Gets Econ Lesson: Higher Wages = Fewer Hours

Sanders just taught his entire campaign staff an important lesson in economics. If one wants higher wages, then expect fewer hours.

Bernie Sanders' Campaign Workers Gripe: Want Raise to $15/Hr., 'Poverty Wages' Won't Help 'Grassroots Organizing'

"Given our campaign’s commitment to fighting for a living wage of at least $15.00 an hour," a draft letter sent to Sanders' campaign manager Faiz Shakir said, "we believe it is only fair that the...

Amazon Fires Back At AOC's Minimum Wage Accusations: 'AOC Is Just Wrong'

Amazon, the e-commerce site which has become a staple in everyday American life, can’t seem to catch a break, especially not from the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

California Gov't Wants Cities and Counties To Provide Parking Lots and Bathrooms To Homeless

The rap-sheet of California statutory errors is nearly endless, has pushed thousands from their jobs, increased costs for housing, and is pushing people into homeless encampments. Yet the politicians in...

Whole Foods Slashes Workers' Hours After Amazon Implements a $15 Minimum Wage

Whole Foods is reportedly slashing employee hours after the grocery chain’s parent company, Amazon, announced they were upping minimum wages to $15 an hour.

Survey: Majority of Economists (74%) Oppose $15/Hr. Minimum Wage Hike

A whopping 61 percent “strongly oppose” the $15 minimum wage agenda.

California's Set to Implement More Than 1,000 New Laws in 2019

More than 1,000 new laws are set to go into effect in California this year, ranging from kinda-okay rules to completely ridiculous ones. But regardless of how you feel about each new regulation, one thing’s...

Amazon Getting Rid of Monthly Bonuses & Stock Awards for Some Employees to Pay for Minimum Wage Hike

While Amazon is raising their minimum wage to $15/hr., the one-stop shopping giant “is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees.”

Amazon Raising Min. Wage to $15/hr. for All U.S. Employees, Advocates for Federal Wage Hike

“We will be working to gain Congressional support for an increase in the federal minimum wage," Amazon's VP of Global Corporate Affairs Jay Carney said.

‘It Must End’: Progressive Group MoveOn Says Low Wages are ‘Violence’

Progressive group MoveOn in its push to raise the minimum wage to $15 is going to rhetorical extremes.