Minimum Wage

Shocker! Study Shows Seattle's New Minimum Wage Laws Are Harming Low-Skilled Workers!

P. Gardner Goldsmith
May. 10. 2018
6.6k views

File this in the "Economists Are Blue-In-The-Face From Trying To Warn About This!" category... It may be frustrating to see these mistakes made over and over, but, still, this is important information...

$15 FAIL: California Burger Chain's Now Using a Robotic Burger Flipper

Nick Kangadis
March. 6. 2018
12k views

The “Fight for $15” is a losing battle for employees.

Protective Life Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour, Gives Out $1,000 Bonuses Due to Trump Tax Cut

melanie.hunter
February. 13. 2018
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Protective Life Corporation announced Tuesday that it plans to award $1,000 bonuses to most of its employees thanks to President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan.

GOP Tax Cuts: MetLife Raising Min. Wage, Boosting Bonuses & Retirement Plans

Nick Kangadis
February. 13. 2018
393 views

See what happens when you actually provide companies financially viable opportunities to share their profits with their employees?

GOP Tax Plan Strikes Again! Walmart Announces Wage Increase, Bonuses & New Benefits

Nick Kangadis
January. 11. 2018
1.2k views

Walmart announced Thursday morning that they will be increasing their starting wage for new employees and will be giving employees who qualify a bonus.

Trump: Many Companies ‘Voluntarily’ Raising Their Minimum Wage to $15/Hour Thanks to Tax Reform Law

melanie.hunter
January. 5. 2018
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that U.S. companies and workers are already seeing the benefits of the tax cut reform bill that he signed into law before Christmas, including more than 60 companies...

Nine Stupid and Dangerous New Laws, Just for You!

P. Gardner Goldsmith
October. 4. 2017
7.7k views

This is the Fourth Quarter of 2017, and all kinds of counter-productive new laws are going into effect around the U.S. -- just for you.

'Progress'? McDonald's Is Making a Massive Move to Automation

Lianne Hikind
June. 28. 2017
11.1k views

It started out as a "Fight for 15," but McDonald’s employees may not be lovin' it when their company's new policy kicks in.

A New Report Says Facebook Pays Filipinos $2.33 an Hour to Check For 'Offensive' Content

Nick Kangadis
May. 30. 2017
368 views

Despite Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s constant call for a $15 minimum wage and a universal basic income for all people in the U.S., he certainly doesn’t practice what he preaches. Reports...

Guess What? San Diego County's Minimum Wage Hike...Is Hurting Jobs!

P. Gardner Goldsmith
April. 14. 2017
23 views

Decades ago, evil scientists working in a dark, dank lair devised one of the most powerful weapons to destroy the prospects for low-skilled people who want to improve their conditions by entering...

Trump, Clinton Called to Explain Support for Minimum Wage Hike That Could Cost 1.8M Jobs

Craig Bannister
October. 19. 2016

Raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour could reduce private sector employment by 1.8 million jobs over 10 years and cut economic output by $2 trillion, according to a new report released today...

Levin: Raising the Minimum Wage Eviscerates Jobs for the 'Little People'

Eric Scheiner
July. 29. 2016
261 views

Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Cost 7 Million Jobs

Alissa Lopez
July. 28. 2016
1 view

The Heritage Foundation published a study on Tuesday by James Sherk, a Research Fellow at the organization's Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, that listed and explained the various...

Mark Levin: 'The Minimum Wage Is a Job Killer'

Eric Scheiner
May. 12. 2016
173 views

CNN's Blitzer Lauds Trump for Compromising Unlike 'Very Conservative Hardliners'

Brad Wilmouth
May. 11. 2016
103 views

Trump Changes Mind on Minimum Wage: 'I Don't Know How People Make It on $7.25 an Hour'

Eric Scheiner
May. 9. 2016
39 views

Labor Secretary on Raising Minimum Wage: ‘Move The Ball Forward’ Toward ‘Ensuring Shared Prosperity’

Eric Scheiner
April. 21. 2016
26 views

Video-Calif. Gov.: 'Economically, Minimum Wages May Not Make Sense,' But We're Raising Ours

Monica Sanchez
April. 4. 2016
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(Image via Screenshot) California enacted legislation to implement the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage on Monday. Under the legislation, the minimum wage will gradually increase...

Mark Levin: 'The Issue of the Minimum Wage is a Killer, a Job Killer'

Eric Scheiner
April. 4. 2016
551 views

Surprise: Pelley Challenges Sanders from the Right on Taxes, Wages, GOP Opposition

Curtis Houck
February. 10. 2016
373 views

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. In an extensive interview for Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley took a stroll with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders around his...