Pandemic-related jobless benefits derail $1.9 trillion stimulus debate in Senate
There was drama Friday in the Senate’s vote-a-rama. What Democrats had billed as the last step before Senate passage of…
‘I will continue happily shopping there forever’: Costco customers react to retailer’s new $16 minimum wage
As if mega-toilet-paper rolls and rotisserie chickens weren’t enough to get members through the door, Costco COST, +1.45% announced Thursday…
Some 730,000 Walmart employees won’t be getting $15 an hour pay — they’re hardly alone
Walmart WMT, -1.54% has joined a growing list of retailers boosting employees’ wages to $15 an hour, but unlike rivals…
$1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package set to clear House late tonight
House Democrats hope to clear President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic package late Friday and send it on to the…
Bernie’s secret weapon on minimum wage? The guy who wrote the book on Senate budget rules
If millions of Americans see a pay raise because the federal minimum wage gets hiked on a party-line vote in…
Philanthropy is a ‘PR scam,’ says CEO who raised his workers’ minimum pay to $70,000
He’s not buying what America’s billionaires are selling. The CEO known for increasing his employees’ base pay to $70,000 says…
Opinion: Biden can forge bipartisan cooperation with a bold infrastructure program
President Joe Biden will not get all of his proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus program in a tightly divided Congress—the $15…
Yellen says raising minimum wage to $15 would have ‘minimal’ impact on jobs, but nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office disagrees
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour from $7.25 would help the U.S. economy more than it would harm…
The U.K. is increasing the minimum wage. How does it compare with the U.S. and rest of the world?
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 11 Downing Street in central London, on Nov. 25, 2020, before heading…
Joe Biden wants a $15 minimum wage — here’s what’s standing in his way
Florida, a state which President-elect Joe Biden did not win, voted in favor of achieving one of his campaign promises…