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Most aid to families goes to working families

Apr 13, 2015
A majority of Americans who use certain aid programs are from working families.

McDonald's to boost wages for 90,000 workers

Apr 1, 2015
Average hourly wages will rise to $9.90 for 1,500 locations the company runs directly.

Restaurant raises prices and pay, and ends tipping

Apr 1, 2015
As Seattle's minimum wage starts a gradual rise, Ivar's takes a radical path.

TJMaxx and Marshalls set to increase minimum wage

Feb 25, 2015
Call it "The Wal-Mart Effect."

Wal-Mart's wage increase isn't only for good PR

Feb 19, 2015
Higher wages means rising costs. How will shareholders react to this new paradigm?

Employees take on the Wal-Mart wage increase

Feb 19, 2015
Wal-Mart announced a mass raise today to some 500,000 employees.

The accidental origin of the $15 minimum-wage movement

Jan 30, 2015
Push to unionize workers in tiny town outside Seattle ignites a national cause.

For public good, not for profit.

The leap not taken: Wage growth

Jan 23, 2015
Why haven't wage growth caught up to job growth?

Aetna raises its minimum wage.... Who's next?

Jan 13, 2015
Don't expect other companies to quickly follow Aetna on the wage front. The move is strategic.

Redefining the definition of a workweek

Jan 8, 2015
Republicans want a 40-hour standard for insurance eligibility under the Affordable Care Act.
Clerks prepare the fish counter at a Whole Foods Market in New York City. 
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