Posts Tagged ‘$15 per hour minimum wage’
Ensure Respect for Minimum Wage Laws
(Note: This article is co-authored with Laura Huizar, a staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C.) A few weeks ago, the St. Paul City Council introduced a draft ordinance that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. That’s a good start, but the Council must strengthen the bill’s…
Read MoreClaims that Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 in St. Paul Would Harm Workers Ignore the Facts
Note: the following is a letter co-signed with colleagues at the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and submitted to Mayor Melvin Carter and St. Paul City Council Members. * * * * * * * October 30, 2018 Dear Mayor Carter and Council Members, In September, the nonpartisan Citizens League’s Saint Paul Minimum Wage Study Committee released…
Read MoreJob Vacancy Wages Don’t Meet Basic Needs
The wages offered for most job vacancies in Minnesota are not sufficient to meet the basic needs of a typical family, according to the 2017 Minnesota Cost of Living Study prepared by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The preceding article in this series noted that the median wage for all occupations…
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