Minimum Wage
Obama's Overtime Gambit
For politicians, meddling in markets means never having to say you're sorry.
Obama's Corporate Bully Pulpit
Should the White House announce an American version of royal warrants?
Obama Wants More Americans to Qualify for Overtime – Would His Plan Actually Work?
Will increasing the threshold to exempt supervisors from overtime give workers more pay or force more business cutbacks?
9 Reasons Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Terrible Idea
It's time for economic facts, not fallacies.
Paul Ryan Study Critiques Federal Poverty Spending as Hurting Poor — Income/Wage News Roundup
The way means-testing works discourages the poor from trying to increase earnings, he argues.
There Is No Economic Consensus on Obama's Policies
Yet the president insists "every economist" is pro-stimulus and in favor of the raising minimum wage.
Boehner in 1996: I'd Rather Kill Myself Than Raise the Minimum Wage
Made the comment in interview with The Weekly Standard
Time for a Guaranteed Income?
The pros and cons of a welfare idea championed by liberals and libertarians alike
White House Calls CBO Minimum Wage Report Flawed
Because they found economists who say otherwise
Obama Wants Congress to Take Up Immigration, Minimum Wage
Why not worry about your own problems there, Mr. President?
Obama Signs Executive Order Raising Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors
Now $10.10 an hour
De Blasio Calls for Raise in Minimum Wage in State of the City Speech
If New York City regulations didn't make the place so expensive to live ...
Advocates Want Mentally Disabled Included in Minimum Wage Hike
The fact that they often can't contribute nearly as much labor is apparently not relevant
Organizing for America Buys Ads Pushing for Minimum Wage Increase
Telling Congress "we" deserve a raise
Obama Heads to Costco to Argue for Minimum Wage Increase
Does he realize the giant stands to benefit as the increase hurts smaller competitors?
House Democrats Praise Obama's Minimum Wage Increase
Says uncooperative Republicans have left Obama with few options other than acting unilaterally
Republicans Hint at Legal Response To Obama's Minimum Wage Hike Plan
President expected to announce increase in minimum wage for new federal contract workers
Hedge Fund Manager Paul Singer Says Minimum Wage Increase Would 'Destroy Jobs'
Made the comment in letter to investors
Obama to Propose Raising Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
Expected to suggest a minimum rate of $10.10 at the State of the Union
Most Minimum Wage-Supporting Democratic Leaders Don't Pay Interns
96 percent of them, in fact
Prosecutor's Crusade Against Indian Diplomat Is About His Moral Fanaticism
Preet Bharara's wage crusade will hurt foreign housekeepers.
At Least Four Dead After Cambodian Police Fire on Protesters
Striking garment workers are pushing for the minimum wage to be doubled
Let's Make 2014 the Year of Freedom for Low-Wage Workers
Our regulations price low-income people out of greater job potential. That is a crime.
Minimum Wage To Increases in 13 States on Jan. 1
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island among those to see the highest increase
Minimum Wage Hikes Are Too Good To Be True
Despite high-flying promises, government can't decree the price of labor without killing jobs.
