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What happens when a company like Amazon raises wages everywhere?

by Amy Scott
Oct 2, 2018
It puts some pressure on firms that might not be ready to raise workers' pay, one economist says.
A worker packs cat food at the Amazon fulfillment center in May in Aurora, Colorado.
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Amazon ups wages for 350K, says it will advocate better pay

by Associated Press
Oct 2, 2018
Employees at Whole Foods, which Amazon now owns, will get the same pay hike. Amazon's hourly operations and customer service employees, some who already make $15 per hour, will also see a wage increase.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a press conference in Santa Monica, California.
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Full-time minimum-wage workers will have to sacrifice more of their earnings to make rent

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 14, 2018
In order to afford a modest one-bedroom rental, an American would, on average, have to make $17.90 an hour. This is according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. There’s just one problem — $17.90 is far above the federal minimum wage. It means there are a lot of people who can’t really afford their […]
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Low-wage workers seeing higher paychecks

by Dan Gorenstein
Mar 9, 2018
The economy is strong, the labor market is tighter, and that’s giving all workers a bigger paycheck. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Enforcing minimum wage is harder than you think

by Kai Ryssdal and Paulina Velasco
Feb 23, 2018
Victims of wage theft have few options, a Politico investigative reporter says.
Workers celebrate outside the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles on April 4, 2016, after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that will raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
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After nine years of no change, is the federal minimum wage irrelevant?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jan 15, 2018
The last time federal minimum wage went up was in July of 2009.
Protesters rally against Labor nominee Andrew Puzder in the lobby of Hardee's Headquarters on Feb. 13, 2017 in St Louis, Missouri.
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Bay Area restaurants introduce training programs to address their race wage gaps

by Sam Harnett
Jan 10, 2018
In the restaurant industry, people of color are more likely to hold lower-paying, back-of-house jobs, but some restaurants are trying to change that.
Cory Woods went through a training program to transition from the kitchen to the front of the house, where he is now earning far more money.
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Millions of the nation’s lowest paid workers will get a new year boost

by Jed Kim
Dec 26, 2017
Analysts say local economies could also benefit from the wage hikes.
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Your restaurant tips may not go to your server under proposed rule change

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 6, 2017
The Department of Labor has proposed changes to Obama-era rules about tipping. The changes would let employers pool tip money from workers who earn at least minimum wage and share it with non-tipped workers or use it to “make capital improvements, lower prices, or hire additional workers.” The public comment period is remarkably short, with […]
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In raising its minimum wage to $11, Target aims to retain workers

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 26, 2017
Minneapolis-based Target is raising its minimum wage by a buck, to $11 an hour starting in October. That will apply to the seasonal workers the company is trying to hire right now to staff stores and online fulfillment centers for the holidays. By the end of 2020, the company said its minimum wage will reach […]
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