A 1994 paper blew up the consensus that minimum-wage increases kill jobs. Economists have been at each other’s throats ever ...

Barbara Ehrenreich was inspired to write her classic expose of low-wage life in America by punitive 1990s welfare laws. Today ...

They’re gig workers – independent contractors who pick up delivery tasks through an app, get paid per delivery and have no guaranteed hours, benefits or minimum wage protections. Policymakers in ...

In Wyoming, the affordability debate is centered around the rising cost of housing, food and health care but a new report ...

Researchers said the average median worker pay across the companies studied was about $29,000 a year, while average CEO compensation topped $18 million ...

Good Morning, I’m Lawrence K. Jackson, it’s FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH>>>> [AN OLD TRADITION THAT TWO MEN TURNED INTO A SCAM]More on that next. But first... let’s do the headlines…. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS ...

President Trump has touted apprenticeships as part of his promise of a golden era for American workers. But are his ...

Voters in Alameda County may decide on a proposal later this year that would raise the county's minimum wage to $30 an hour, nearly double the state's current minimum wage.

A group of workers and leaders from the Alameda County community and labor movement Thursday plans to formally announce that ...

A coalition of community organizers, labor leaders and small business owners wants Alameda County voters to decide whether to ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson championed passage of a “One Fair Wage” ordinance that eliminated a separate minimum wage for tipped workers, but the City Council froze that change Wednesday. The ...

The move sets the stage for Mayor Brandon Johnson's third veto of his first term. Johnson said this week it would be “not only tone deaf, but irresponsible” for the City Council to stop what was ...