The Washington Post
October 6, 2014
The Nation
October 3, 2014
The Guardian
October 1, 2014
Al Jazeera America
October 1, 2014
Bill Moyers Blog
September 30, 2014
US News and World Report
September 30, 2014
In fact, the minimum wage is higher in many states and cities now than the federally required minimum, with San Francisco city and county currently the highest at $10.74, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Seattle will have the highest citywide rate at $15 once it’s fully phased in, starting in 2017 with large employers and applying to everyone by 2021. And voters in Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota will consider ballot initiatives in November that would raise the minimum wage above the national rate.
CNBC
September 29, 2014
It t has been nearly nine full months since Congress allowed a program extending state unemployment benefits to the long-term jobless to expire. In that time, millions of Americans, who less than a year ago would have been eligible for an additional six months of unemployment benefits, have seen them cut off.
Now, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, the percentage of the unemployed who are receiving unemployment assistance has hit an historic low.
fiscal
September 29, 2014
Americans toiling away in low-wage jobs already struggle to earn a living, and a new report says these meager paychecks are winnowed down by wage theft with alarming regularity.
Nearly $1 billion was recovered in 2012 by lawyers or regulatory agencies acting on behalf of workers who were paid below minimum wage, not paid for overtime or other wage and hour violations, according to a first-time analysis conducted by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. And the problem is growing, EPI analysts say.
NBC News
September 29, 2014