Minimum Wage
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New York City Fast-Food Workers Strike to Protest Wage Rates
Workers formed picket lines outside some New York City fast-food eateries to protest their wages and hours as part of a unionization campaign.
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Chicago Car Wash Workers Report Getting Less Than Minimum Wage: Report
Three quarters of respondents to a recent survey said they earned below the minimum wage of $8.25 per hour, and less than 2 percent were paid the legal rate for overtime. The average pay was $6.
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Waste Workers' Wages Reduced in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Mayor Chris Doherty reduced the entire city's payroll to $7.25 an hour, including his own, the Times-Tribune of Scranton reported.
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Workin' Hard for the Money: Dancers on the Poverty Line
A new study points out that 40 percent of New York City's dancers work three to five jobs to get by, and a quarter of them are working in restaurants or hospitality to make ends meet.
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Study: Wage Bill Would Benefit 1M New Yorkers
The study found that 880,100 New York employees earn less than $8.50 an hour. About 352,000 of those are in New York City, about 40 percent of the state total. In the city, 92 percent of those workers are at least 20 years of age.
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Powerful Union Signs on to Living-Wage Bill in New York City
Leaders of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will push for City Council passage of a bill hiking the minimum wage by 59 percent at certain subsidized developments. Business interests oppose the measure.
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Former Press Box Hostess Sues Indianapolis Colts Over Pay, Work Hours
According to court documents, the woman is seeking class-action status that would include other unnamed hostesses, in part because ‘some, if not most, of the individual group members may not be aware of their rights to wages under federal and Indiana law, or may not, because of financial...
