Higher NYS minimum wage would boost spending, create jobs Raising New York state’s minimum hourly wage to $21.25, as proposed in the NYS Raise the Wage Act currently before the state Legislature, would help nearly two-thirds of workers earn ... 04/19/2024 - 5:30 pm | View Link
How California made the minimum wage obsolete Congress hasn’t touched the federal minimum wage in decades. Wage wars now play out locally, with organized labor successfully deploying ballot measures in states where legislators are resistant ... 04/16/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
Health Care Minimum Wage Restricting employers’ options would violate federal labor relations rules, he said. “The minimum wage an employer has to pay its employees will invariably affect the total amount of ... 04/15/2024 - 6:45 am | View Link
Don’t devalue naira after implementing new national minimum wage – Workers tell Tinubu Workers under the auspices of Federal Workers Forum ... of the new national minimum wage. Federal workers have suffered enough, it is time to end poverty among the federal government workers ... 04/14/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
In-N-Out makes price pledge with California minimum wage law, as others raise rates, slash staff In a new TODAY interview, Snyder told NBC's TODAY that the private company won't see drastic price increases in California after the state's new minimum wage law. The Fast Act went into effect on ... 04/12/2024 - 12:22 pm | View Link
Parody Project just came out with this parody of Cat's In The Cradle to talk about Trump's dysfunctions and narcissism. But what do you expect from a guy who's heroes include Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un?
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“As he walked into court for the first day of his first criminal prosecution, Donald Trump hoped to make clear that it was the system, not him, that was really on trial,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Trump: “This is an assault on America. This is political persecution, this is a persecution like never before.
Criminal defense attorney Stacey Schneider says that former President Donald Trump was "rattled" following a Sandoval hearing in the New York hush money trial where he heard a recounting of his criminal history.
Gov. Jared Polis signed “for-cause” eviction protections into law Friday, making Colorado the sixth U. S. state to enact the policy that’s aimed at blunting displacement of vulnerable tenants.
The law, passed by the legislature late last month, effectively gives tenants a right of first refusal to renew their leases. That protection, supporters say, will insulate renters from discriminatory or retaliatory nonrenewals from landlords, who may want to rid themselves of a tenant who complained about an apartment’s condition.
“This is the right thing to do,” said Democratic Rep.