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May 18 2024
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Farmworkers call for higher wages as guests taste wines at Healdsburg event
Farmworkers rallied Saturday against the backdrop of a signature high-end celebration of Sonoma County culture, calling for higher wages and disaster pay. As hundreds of guests of the Healdsburg Wine and Food Experience — some of whom paid up to $4,500 to attend a full slate of the 3-day weekend’s events — sampled food and wine under tents set up near the city’s downtown square, more than 100
The Press DemocratJun 05 2024
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California fast food wage hike has had detrimental impact, puts businesses in 'jeopardy,' critic says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's successful push to hike the minimum wage for many of the state's fast food workers is having a devastating impact on businesses, who have been forced to cut labor costs to survive, critics say. Prices at major brands like Chipotle, McDonald's and other fast food giants have increased in a move to keep up with the $20 per hour workers have been paid since the new
Fox BusinessMay 23 2024
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Mount Vernon teachers continue calls for higher wages with second walk-in
Teachers throughout the Mount Vernon School District will be holding a second "walk-in" this morning, following the cancellation of a regularly scheduled school board meeting on Tuesday night. The reason behind these walk-ins is to fight for a fair contract and salary. Teachers say they have been negotiating for a contract for two years and have not received raises in three years. They are
News 12 ConnecticutMay 21 2024
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Ohio bars and restaurants push back against $15 minimum wage proposal
In the battle over Ohio's minimum wage, a statewide restaurant trade group says servers and bartenders like the status quo and oppose a ballot issue that would raise the wage. "We do not want our tips being messed with, our wages being changed," said Lindsay O'Dell, a bartender at Submarine House near Dayton. "I make over − easily − $30 an hour." Alex Colon, who worked his way through the
Cincinnati EnquirerMay 28 2024
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Tavern On LaGrange's former employees, investors file suit over alleged unpaid wages, loans
Former employees of Tavern On LaGrange in the south suburbs are speaking out against the business' former owners, with multiple lawsuits and wage claims filed in the case. Investors in the business have also joined in the legal actions in the case, seeking repayment from former owners Gregory and Tiffany Perkins. “I’m owed a substantial amount of money,” said former Tavern On LaGrange manager
NBC 5 ChicagoMay 16 2024
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ECB’s Guindos Sees Wage Growth Slowing But Is Cagey on Rate Path
Increases in euro-area salaries are moderating but the European Central Bank can’t commit to a path for interest-rate cuts due to elevated uncertainty, Vice President Luis de Guindos said.
“Wages are decelerating,” Guindos told Bloomberg TV on Thursday. “Some months ago wage growth was above 5% and now it’s hovering around 4%.”
BloombergMay 10 2024
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Culinary Union strikes against Virgin Hotels for higher wages
More than 100 workers picketed outside Virgin Hotels this morning for higher wages as the Culinary Union staged its first strike in Las Vegas in 22 years. “No contract, no peace,” the workers chanted as they rallied outside the resort-casino on Paradise Road, just east of the Strip. After five months of negotiations, Virgin is the last major hotel in Las Vegas that has not reached a contract
Las Vegas SunApr 23 2024
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The rise of 18% 'service charges' at Orlando restaurants. 'Subminimum wages' prompt debate over tipping vs. fair wages
Orlando SentinelMay 03 2024
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Exclusive: Where the living-wage jobs are (and aren't)
Note: Share of the U.S. labor force that is functionally unemployed (seeking but unable to find a full-time job, is unemployed or is employed in a position earning less than a living wage); Data: Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity; Chart: Axios Visuals The full spectrum of inequality within the U.S. is on display in an updated dataset released Friday by the Ludwig Institute for
AxiosMay 28 2024
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Israel said to have waged 9-year ‘war’ against ICC, tapping its communications
Israel has allegedly led an almost decade-long “war” against the International Criminal Court’s intention to pursue arrest warrants against its leaders, dedicating immense intelligence and diplomatic efforts to finding out the court’s plans and attempting to thwart them via multiple channels and tactics including espionage and threats, The Guardian reported Tuesday. One element of the
The Times of Israel