1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (409+ words) On Thursday's broadcast of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power," Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) responded to Sen. Chris Murphy's (D-CT) proposal to raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour by saying that "I'm delighted that Sen. Murphy is talking about this and…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (540+ words) "As property owners, our values are declining, and nobody in their right mind wants to buy a place in downtown Minneapolis because of these sorts of things," the resident said. A condo owner at the Hotel Ivy in downtown Minneapolis…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (439+ words) Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. Lots of people like gig work. It's flexible. You work when you want to work. But "workers' rights" activists and governing socialists don't like that. Gig workers rarely join…...

3+ day, 38+ min ago  (514+ words) Oh no, they're threatening us with a good time again. California government workers, like a lot of federal, state and other workers, haven't actually been working since the pandemic. Or rather they've been "working from home' which is to say…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (289+ words) They even walked on two legs now. Orwell used the pigs to convey a point about authoritarianism " and human nature. Labor union leaders these days are more likely to come from a university than from the shop floor. So, it…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (756+ words) I run the organization New York is trying to shut down. A few days ago, at the tail end of its legislative session, Albany lawmakers passed a bill giving Attorney General Letitia James sweeping new powers to investigate and fine…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (391+ words) Pennsylvania and Virginia recently passed legislation to increase their minimum wage to $15 per hour, closing the gap with Oregon ($15. 55 as of July 1) and California ($17. 90 in some places). In all, 34 states mandate a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (595+ words) (The Center Square) " A New York proposal that would allow organized labor to take legal action against groups that discourage union membership is drawing criticism and threats of a legal challenge." Backers of the plan, which is awaiting action by…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (380+ words) In recent years, several large'progressive'cities'have begun'pushing'aggressive minimum wage policies for food delivery and rideshare. The'results'have been'predictable: A decline in the number of gig tasks being performed, an increase in prices for consumers, and a reduction in drivers as platforms restrict…...

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