Minimum Wage

France's Macron Condemns Protest 'Violence' Before Bending to Protesters Demands

Nick Kangadis
December. 10. 2018
725 views

Besides calling on employers to give their employees bonuses before the end of the year, Macron made several other concessions to try and quell the unrest in France.

New Study Shows Towering Pop News Media Hypocrisy on 'Diversity'

P. Gardner Goldsmith
November. 6. 2018
2.6k views

The collectivist pop news media have for years devoted seeming infinite energy to pointing fingers and accusing political nonconformists of being racist, sexist, homophobic, and patriarchal. Now, a new...

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

Nick Kangadis
October. 4. 2018
5.3k views

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

Nick Kangadis
October. 2. 2018
108 views

“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’

Monica Sanchez
July. 20. 2018
832 views

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

New Study Finds Minimum Wage Laws Actually INCREASE Poverty Rates

Patrick Hauf
June. 12. 2018
2.1k views

That’s right. In a shocking turn of events for many liberals, it turns out that economics actually work.

Costco Raising Minimum Wage to $14/Hr. Thanks to Tax Cuts

Nick Kangadis
June. 1. 2018
1.4k views

Costo announced Thursday that it will be raising it’s minimum wage for new hourly employees from $13/hr. to $14/hr. beginning June 11.

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

P. Gardner Goldsmith
May. 10. 2018
6.7k 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
394 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
370 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
26 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
264 views

Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Cost 7 Million Jobs

Alissa Lopez
July. 28. 2016
2 views

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...