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living wage

Who’s Afraid of a $15 Minimum Wage?

November 8, 2020 | Pierre Tristam | 42 Comments

In-N-Out Burger, the 75-year-old California chain, starts its employees at over $13 an hour. It does not have $20 burgers. (Mike Mozart)

Forget assumptions. Forget fear-mongering PR releases chambered in baseless claims that a $15 minimum wage will cost jobs. When the most extensive analysis on the subject shows 20 times more people will live better than lose jobs, it’s case closed.

Amendment 2 Would Gradually Raise Florida’s Minimum Wage to $15 By 2026. GOP Leaders Want It Defeated.

September 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

New York City raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour at the beginning of 2019. Until the covid-19 pandemic struck, fears of layoffs in the service sector did not materialize. (© FlaglerLive)

If approved, the proposal, known as Amendment 2, would increase the state’s minimum wage — currently $8.56 an hour — to $10 on Sept. 30, 2021, and incrementally increase the rate each year until reaching $15 on Sept. 30, 2026.

Time for $15 an Hour and a Union

April 9, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

After years of idling lawmakers, the idea now has more traction in Congress thanks to the recently introduced Raise the Wage Act, which would set a national minimum pay of $15 an hour by 2024.

Florida’s More Conservative Supreme Court Rejects Considering Minimum Wage Case

February 5, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Tuesday’s actions could signal how the new majority will come down on future business-related disputes and could spark state lawmakers, whose annual session begins in March, to consider business-backed legislation to address issues that the old court had foiled.

A Better Way To Fight Homelessness: Decriminalize It

October 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Law enforcement is often used as a first response to address homelessness. Many communities criminalize it instead of connecting the homeless with essential services, assuming they’re available.

Commissioner Revels Saves 13 Jobs, Rejecting Privatization at Expense of Lowest-Paid Employees

August 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The county administration had proposed to privatize cleaning services for $500,000, allegedly saving $174,000 a year, but employees hired by the private company would have lost all benefits, and many would have lost their jobs outright.

Where Fast Food Workers Make Twice the US Minimum Wage, and Have Benefits

September 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Critics say a living wage of around $15 an hour would drive fast-food restaurants and other retail firms out of business — and millions of their employees out of work. Australia’s experience, where workers make $15 an hour, shows why that argument is bunk, argues Salvatore Babones.

Senate Passes Bill Forbidding Local Measures That Would Ensure Sick Leave for Workers

April 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A Florida House bill supported by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Disney and other industry and corporate groups would forbid local governments from passing living wage ordinances or require employers contracting with government to provide paid sick leave. A Senate amendment would leave those decisions to local governments.

For a Few Cents Less: Legislature Moving to Slow Required Minimum Wage Increases

April 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Voters approved a constitutional amendment linking the minimum wage to inflation. Florida lawmakers would also reduce the rate of growth based on a different way of calculating inflation.

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