Minimum Wage

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September 5, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Fast food workers went on strike Thursday in 150 cities around the U.S., and hundreds were arrested.
September 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Fast food workers around the nation went on strike Thursday in the latest coordinated protest by workers…
September 3, 2014
In what must have been an effort to prove that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, Texas
August 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Raymond Burse, the newly appointed interim president of Kentucky State University, has taken generosity to a new…
June 5, 2014
MSNBC -- One of the largest employers of low-wage workers said that the company will support a minimum wage hike.…
May 1, 2014
VIDEO - President Obama vowed to continue his push for a higher minimum wage Wednesday after Senate Republicans blocked a…
April 4, 2014
MSNBC - Protesters gathered in midtown Manhattan to lobby for a higher minimum wage in New York City, where workers…
March 29, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says raising the federal minimum wage is good for business.
March 18, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of the fast-food protests for higher wages on Tuesday shifted their sights to another issue…
March 13, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Several lawsuits filed against McDonald's this week say the fast-food chain engages in a variety of…
March 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will direct the Labor Department to strengthen overtime pay protections for millions of workers,…
February 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - On Tuesday former President Bill Clinton started his personal campaign to elect Democrats in the South and…
February 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have again delayed debating a proposal to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 hourly,…
February 25, 2014
VIDEO - Hundreds of Disney housekeepers, restaurant workers, and ride operators chanted "yes" in an attempt to get a new…
February 21, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promoted his effort to raise the minimum wage on Friday...
February 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama increased the minimum wage for a few hundred thousand federal contractors on Wednesday, then…
February 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Wednesday increasing the minimum wage…
January 29, 2014
ANALYSIS - President Obama's speech on Tuesday night, like most State of the Union addresses, covered nearly every major issue.…
January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by years of partisan gridlock, President Barack Obama is moving to flex his presidential powers during…
January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal…