“I was born and raised in San Francisco but had to move to Oakland to provide for my young twins,” 24-year old working single mother Jaquayla Burton told me. “I wanted to stay near my family in the city I love and I could have if wages were higher, if job opportunities were available and […]
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Karl Kramer talks about the current issues of the Community Jobs Program and reformations needed to improve the program. Read more: http://www.sfbg.com/2013/05/01/scenes-struggle-economic-justice
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Thousands of San Francisco’s low-wage workers will see more added to their paycheck in the New Year. The annual increase in the minimum wage kicks in on January 1, once again making the city’s minimum wage the highest in the country at $10.55 an hour. Even with the 3% increase in hourly rates, several workers
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David Frias and Karl Kramer on the minimum wage increase to $10.24. David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. Come New Year’s Day, he’ll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the
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The citizens of San Francisco will have one more thing to celebrate on New Year’s Day – as the city becomes the first to introduce a $10 minimum wage. The hourly wage for lowest-paid workers in what has become one of the country’s most expensive cities to live in will spring to $10.24. That is
