As President Biden settles into Washington, there has been more and more pressure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Although this may seem like a positive step for people who live below…
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Study: Minimum Wage Workers Lost $125 Per Month due to Rapid Minimum Wage Hike
Hiking the minimum wage too quickly and too much has led to a decrease in hours worked and wages for minimum wage workers.
Harvard Study: Minimum Wage Hike Forcing Businesses to Close
The minimum wage hike in San Francisco is forcing businesses to close before it’s fully implemented.
Student Workers Scoff at Wage Raise to $9, Demand $15/Hour Wage Instead
Um, be grateful for a raise, period. Geez. Photo by Jim Bauer Photo by Jim Bauer
The Fight-for-$15 Reaches Duke’s Campus
Some students are occupying an administration building to force the university administration to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour. Photo by OZinOH
Oregon’s Minimum Wage Hike means College Students Will Suffer
The University of Oregon faces a conundrum: Fire their student workers or reduce their hours? Photo by Wolfram Burner Photo by Wolfram Burner
Yelp Fires Millennial after Letter to CEO went Viral
The Millennial worker complained about working for a minimum wage at Yelp while having to deal with high housing prices in San Francisco, California and the letter went viral (i.e. it hit the Internet and…
Econ Professor says 200,000 Jobs have been Lost due to Higher Minimum Wage during Recession
A higher minimum wage does not lead to more job creation, but we knew that: An economics professor at the University of California, Irvine estimates that state and local minimum wage increases have cost up…
University of California Student Workers Upset at Not Getting $15 Wage
The University of California system raised the minimum wage of their employees to $15 an hour, but not for student employees.
Economics 101: University of California’s $15/hour wage may Hurt Workers by Slashing Hours
As the College Fix noted, college student workers may see their hours cut: “President Janet Napolitano said this makes the UC system “the first public university in the United States to voluntarily establish a minimum…