If minimum wage matched 1968 purchasing power, you'd earn $421,200 more over 30 years. With productivity adjustments, the gap reaches $670K-$1M in earnings.

The relationship between poverty and family breakdown has always been undeniable. For decades, conservatives have rightly sounded the alarm about family breakdown — declining marriage rates, rising ...

D.C. domestic workers organize for contracts, rights, and respect under new law, with NDWA trainings, legal support, and outreach.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike Tuesday to demand better wages and staffing from the ...

A former Walmart worker advanced most of a proposed class action alleging the superstore ran afoul of California wage laws and can try again on the claims that failed. The worker provided enough ...

The Ohio minimum wage is set to increase Jan. 1, 2026, to $11 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.50 per hour for tipped employees. The current minimum wage in Ohio is $10.70 for non-tipped ...

On Thursday, social, community, home care and disability service (SCHADS) workers participated in a National Day of Action called by the Australian Services Union (ASU) to protest retrogressive award ...

The Senate has failed to advance a pair of competing measures to pay at least some federal employees during the government shutdown, a day before more than a million workers are set to miss a paycheck ...

Three dozen Long Island Rail Road workers involved in a "rampant time abuse" scheme used counterfeit employee identification cards to fraudulently collect wages for hours they never worked, according ...

Donald Trump Jr. warns Mamdani's minimum wage plan will 'destroy' NY businesses The Trump Organization executive vice president Donald Trump Jr. joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss President Donald Trump ...

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