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Mom-and-Pop Restaurants Feel Pinch of Minimum Wage Hike
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.—As far as Rob Pluta is concerned, New Jersey lawmakers who say they want to help restaurant workers by raising the state’s minimum wage… Read More
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Unions Spend Big Bucks to Raise Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers
MINNEAPOLIS—They’re back, and they’re expensive. Protests outside fast-food restaurants flared up in cities around the country this week, organized by groups with ties to prominent… Read More
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To Enforce Minimum Wage Hikes, Cities Spend Millions on ‘Wage Cops’
What is the cost to enforce minimum wage hikes in cities across California? It is an important question in Oakland and San Diego, which are… Read More
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Business Owner Blasts Living Wage Protest: ‘This Is Only About the Union Padding Their Bottom Line’
WAUWATOSA, Wis.—Sally Sprenger, owner of Supportive Homecare Options, shook her head last week as she watched about 75 people participate in a Service Employees International… Read More
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A Little Cafe That Sparked a Big Minimum Wage Debate
STILLWATER, Minn.—With its waitress and single cook, its retro-style booths with pale green cushions and its stainless steel wrap-around countertop, the Oasis Cafe could be… Read More
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Gubernatorial Hopeful Wants to Freeze State’s Minimum Wage Hike
As momentum gathers for a “living wage” across the country, one Minnesota gubernatorial hopeful is bucking the trend. On the campaign trail for the Republican… Read More
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Cafe Adds 35-Cent Surcharge to Offset State’s Minimum Wage Hike
A small-town cafe ignited a firestorm of controversy that has engulfed Minnesota. On Aug. 1, the state bumped the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8… Read More
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Union-Backed City Council Members Clear the Way for Referendum on $12.25 Minimum Wage
Oakland City Council members who favor a minimum-wage increase have received campaign donations and research from wage-hike activists and labor unions. Last week, the council voted,… Read More
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City Will Let Voters Decide on $12.25 Minimum Wage Hike
Councilmen in Oakland, Calif., rejected an increase in the city’s minimum wage, opting instead to let residents vote in November on a plan to hike the rate… Read More
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Liberal Politicians Spend a Week Living on Minimum Wage
Can a person survive on $77 a week? Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, are going to try. The liberal advocacy… Read More
