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Missouri’s Prop A would raise minimum wage to $15 and promise sick leave, but business owners warn of job losses

by Mili Mansaray September 27, 2024, The Beacon. At any given moment in Missouri, a working parent might miss a day’s pay to care for their sick child. New mothers could return to work just days after giving birth to make ends meet, while fast-food workers may skip car payments to cover rent. Labor movement […]

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KING COUNTY COUNCIL NEARS VOTE ON GROUNDBREAKING $20 MINIMUM WAGE FOR LARGE BUSINESSES

By Aaron Washington, Published on May 08, 2024, hoodline, The economic landscape of King County might be set for a dramatic shift as the Metropolitan King County Council gears up to cast its votes on elevating the minimum wage to a lofty $20 an hour for large-scale businesses. According to The Seattle Times, this move would position

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Impact of California Fast Food Worker Wage Increase Still Too Early to Gauge

by Farida Jhabvala Romero, May 8, 2024, KQED, When Karina Ceballos received her first paycheck reflecting California’s new minimum wage for fast-food workers, she felt a big wave of relief. The single mom said she earned about $400 extra last month, which made it much easier to pay bills and rent for her family’s apartment

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What is a living wage for Bellingham? Official estimates don’t hold up against the average budget

By Alyse Smith Updated April 07, 2024, The Bellingham Herald publishes articles each month on grocery, gas, rent and real estate costs, as well as roundups of local jobs that pay a “living wage,” but now we have crunched the numbers to find a figure we feel is closer to an actual living wage in

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