Minimum Wage
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Do you find it ironic that businesses in retail will say they have competitive wa...
It's not competitive if you pay the same as every other retail and their pay rate is always fixed so it can't be competitive for that very fact.
Why do companies act like they can't afford to pay their employees 25 cents more ...
If you make 2 billion dollars a month in profit, you can afford to pay your workers a decent amount of wages and hours. It doesn't make sense to act like you can't afford it, blame it on laws there to protect the workers, or the like. Business won't su...
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Over the past few years, I have been battling people who want to do away with the minimum wage completely and now it seems I must wage the same battles with people who want to raise the minimum wage for the same reasons. ...9 opinions2013/04/05 19:20:01
High unemployment, stagnant wages, new highs for the stock market and corporate profits, and now this: House Republicans are pushing a bill that takes away extra pay for overtime, substituting "comp" time instead. The F...57 opinions2013/05/08 13:09:20
The never ending efforts of the Republicans to completely screw the American worker has created a new way to cheat them out of their hard labor. House bill H.R.1406 officially named the “Working Families Flexibility Ac...46 opinions2013/05/09 19:30:48
CredoAction.org is hosting a campaign to petition our Congress to legislate a new and long-needed federal minimum wage. According to CredoAction.org there isn't a state in the US "where a worker earning the current federal...11 opinions2013/03/27 17:23:29
They want to cut off the poor to get more wealthy. Outsource all our jobs to china. Lower the minimum wage for higher profits. Keep oil prices high by cutting refinery production at peak demand times (WINTER). Control wome...113 opinions2013/04/15 00:33:52
For many businesses, opposing minimum wage increases is a no-brainer: Raising the minimum wage increases expenses. But Costco has a different vision.2,083 votes2013/03/06 22:00:00
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The punitive measures imposed on Cyprus mark a qualitative deepening of the European bourgeoisie’s class war offensive. Under terms dictated by the troika—the European Union (EU), European Central Bank (ECB) and Interna...0 opinions2013/04/04 17:59:30
President Obama proposed a $9 minimum wage during his 2013 State of the Union Address. During his speech, he repeated many of the misconceptions and myths promoted by supporters of this misguided mandate. The Employment Po...7 opinions2013/02/16 01:13:00
Hi! I'm a 40 year old Obama voter and I deliver pizzas for a living. I'm a total loser. I voted for Obama because he's the only one who understands that I need more money to buy a home, have 3 kids, and have 2 cars in the ...56 opinions2013/02/14 00:53:51
President Barack Obama’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour from the current $7.25 would harm the economy, some Republicans said Tuesday after the State of the Union address. “If you raise the minimum wage, t...8 opinions2013/02/13 17:46:53
President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address included a controversial call to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9.00, a move that some employers and economists say would kill jobs and encourage cost...7 opinions2013/02/13 17:26:19
Robots Since there was no movement in the market again, verifiable by a range less than 9 points, I thought I would share an article about employment. Well, it’s about what has affected employment and how, even on the ...18 opinions2013/02/07 14:28:57
What happens when the U.S. Secretary of Labor visits a church in Charlotte? If an incident earlier this month is any indication, faulty political promises and destructive economic policies continue to spread. It took plac...29 opinions2013/04/14 21:55:14
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-12/bill-increases-mich...41 opinions2013/04/13 01:52:03