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Tag: minimum wage

Another bogus argument against raising the minimum wage: The “Ford myth”

March 5, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Employment, History 2 comments

The minimum wage has been a fact of American economic life since 1938. And yet, 76 years later, right-wing politicians and their corporate allies

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Missouri ballot initiatives: Will big-business’ interests trump voters’ interests?

June 7, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal Business, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

Three measures in Missouri garnered enough petition signatures to make it on the November 2012 ballot, but will Missourians’ conviction be enough? With nearly

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Good news on jobs means good wages

March 10, 2011 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, Labor and unions Leave a comment

  Robert Reich has been a contrarian about most of the Obama economic policies, but that does not necessarily make him a negative person. 

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