Amazon has announced pay increases for its frontline employees in the United States and is planning to set aside $1 billion over the next year for the purpose. The average starting pay for frontline employees will rise from $18 per hour to $19, with employees making anywhere between $16 and $26 per hour depending on…
Minimum Wage Rates Go Up Friday in City, Unincorporated L.A. County
LOS ANGELES—Minimum-wage workers in the City of Los Angeles will get a modest pay boost starting July 1, with the hourly rate increasing to $16.04 and in unincorporated areas of LA County to $15.96. Prior to the date, the minimum wage had been $15. According to the mayor’s office, more than 600,000 Angelenos make minimum…
Biden Admin Increases Minimum Wage for Federal Employees to $15 an Hour
The Biden administration has moved to increase the minimum wage for all federal employees to $15 an hour, according to a Jan. 21 release from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The change will boost pay for 67,000 of the total 2.2 million federal employees. Most of those impacted work for the Department of Defense (DOD)….
The Nation Speaks (March 20): Hidden Costs of $15 Min. Wage; Unions vs. Amazon Culture; Exploring ‘The Prison Within’
The Democrats hope to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $15/hr by 2025. That’s over a 100% increase, and it’s being fought by Republicans. This week, on The Nation Speaks, we look at how $15/hr would play out in different parts of the country, and for different types of businesses and workers. To…
Everything’s Coming up COVID for Much Public Spending … Even as Virus Fades
For some special interests, a fading coronavirus pandemic poses a problem, but not always an insurmountable one. Big Labor and its acolytes cite the virus as a compelling reason for doubling the minimum wage and forcing businesses to provide more paid sick leave, while the Biden administration is using the pandemic as part of its…
Senate Parliamentarian Rules $15 Minimum Wage Cannot Be Included in COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
The Senate parliamentarian ruled Thursday that the $15 per hour minimum wage cannot be included in the Democrats’ proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package. The controversial proposal in the House bill seeks to gradually raise the federal minimum wage, which has been at $7.25 an hour since 2009, to $15 by 2025. Elizabeth MacDonough, the…
GOP Sens. Romney, Cotton Say They Will Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage
Two Republican senators have joined the Democrats to call for a minimum wage increase to $15. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he, along with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), will be introducing a bill that will authorize a gradual increase to the $15 minimum wage and ensure that illegal immigrants cannot be hired for the same…
Budget Deficit Will Increase by $54 Billion if Congress Enacts $15 Minimum Wage: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report this month that shows an increased budget deficit of $54 billion if the minimum wage is increased to $15 nationally, which it says will result in higher unemployment and higher prices for goods and services. “If enacted at the end of March 2021, the Raise the Wage…
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