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Business Finance
Keep your eyes on our nation’s grand minimum wage experiment – things could get interesting
(FINANCE NEWS) Fully 19 states and 21 local jurisdictions will raise the minimum wage in 2017, “the year of the minimum wage increase.”
Business News
California becomes first state to raise minimum wage to $15
Following three and half years of one-day strikes by low wage workers and the Service Employees International Union, California Governor Jerry Brown reached an agreement with the state legislature to make California the first state to raise the pay floor to $15.
Opinion Editorials
Who better promotes happiness – Republicans or Democrats?
"The pursuit of happiness" is an inalienable right, and a big part of the American Dream. So which party is actually promoting happiness with their policies - Republicans or Democrats?
Business Finance
Why it’s getting harder for workers to move beyond minimum wage
Minimum wage jobs used to be for kids working during the summer, but it is now more common, and increasingly difficult to move beyond for higher wages.
Business News
Walmart cuts workers’ hours after raising wages, surprise!
Walmart is praised for raising minimum wages, but they're now having to cut hours - will their customer service take a hit?
Business News
Walmart might end up supporting minimum wage hike
(Business News) Walmart has long been criticized for their pay structure and employment practices, but are they actually in support of Obama's minimum wage increase proposal?
Business News
What does the “new Congress” mean for small businesses?
(Business News) Calls to raise minimum wage have been heard far and wide, but what does the success or failure of these referendums mean to your business?
Business News
Is Walmart really considering supporting minimum wage raise?
(Business News) After bucking a minimum wage bill in D.C., will Walmart actually back the President's plan to increase the national minimum wage as they have claimed they will?