(The Center Square) – A proposed bill that would increase the hourly minimum wage in unincorporated King County to $20.29 was given a do-pass recommendation on Tuesday by the King County Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee. Employers with 15 or fewer employees and an annual gross revenue of less than $2 million would have an hourly minimum wage rate of $3 less ($17.29). The reduction would decrease annually by 50 cents until no reduction remains. ...
Sue Altman (D., N.J.) is a longtime supporter of reparations, but you wouldn’t know it from the way she’s campaigned for Congress.
With just a few days before Labor Day, hundreds of workers from trade unions yesterday gathered to form stronger ties and demand a legislated wage increase.
As expected, a majority in the Senate voted against an additional 1.2 percent increase in the minimum wage on Tuesday. The BBB announced last week that it would vote against the law that regulated the increase, making it clear there would be no majority support.
In 2007, towards the end of the Bush regime, amendments to legislation were passed that raised the minimum wage from $5.85/hour in the middle of 2007 to $7.25/hour in July 2009 where, as of today, it remains unchanged. Many states require employers to pay a higher minimum wage. However, as of January 1, 2024, some 13 states, including workers’ More
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has won the Republican primary in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Fitzpatrick fended off a primary challenge from anti-abo
BIBB COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Heather Van Atta, a social studies teacher at Central High School, uses AI in her classroom. Van Atta says she finds AI helpful in reaching students at their educational level, because not all students learn the same. “One of the things that AI can really help with is not having to take a piece of text
Protesters demonstrate outside an NJ Transit hearing in Newark, where the agency's board agreed to a 15% fare hike. Fares are also slated to go up 3% per year after that. [ more › ]
Delta Air Lines said Monday that it will give most of its employees a 5% raise and will increase the minimum starting salary that it offers in some positions. The raise takes effect June 1 as another expected busy summer travel season kicks off. It covers flight attendants and most ground-based employees, including front-line workers …
“Now, it is leaner crews,” says one restaurant server, but a more stable income. Other states our watching how it plays out in the capital.
Plus, the obscure court circuit trying to repeal the 20th century, how your utility bill funds climate denial, the real reason conservatives oppose student debt relief.
Swing-State Poll Shows Black Voters Abandoning Biden In Huge Numbers Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Blacks constitute only 14 percent of the voting age population, but the swings toward Trump are so huge they could decide the election. WSJ Swing State Poll, anecdotes in blue by Mish According to a Wall Street Journal Swing State Poll, blacks, especially black males are abandoning Biden in huge numbers. While most Black men said they intend to support Biden, some...