Are you tired of working in a Wendy’s drive-thru for $7.25 an hour? Would you like to earn a lot more money? What if you got paid $15 an hour instead? After a lot of petitioning, you get your higher salary, but you start to notice some changes. Your best friend gets laid off. Customers…
Autumn Klein on November 4, 2020 Florida passed a ballot initiative Tuesday to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2026, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Amendment 2 on the Florida ballot called for the minimum wage to be incrementally increased over the next six years, according to the Tampa Bay…
New York City is already struggling to maintain its $15 minimum wage after only being in effect for around six months, according to The Wall Street Journal. Business owners in the city have said that these are the unintended consequences of the new minimum wage law which took effect earlier this year. Susannah Koteen, who…
The House voted 231-199 Thursday to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour over six years, with Democrats contending the bill would raise wages for millions of Americans. “If the advocates of this legislation really cared about American workers, they would not fire them,” Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., said on the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The “Fight for $15” movement faced a setback Friday after Baltimore Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoed legislation which would have raised the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Citing negative economic impact of the legislation, Pugh said that the city would wait with other municipalities on the…
By Steve Birr Officials in Washington, D.C., are moving ahead with a steep increase of the minimum wage, but local business owners fear the law will likely result in higher consumer prices and less hours for employees. “Stores are going to need to increase their product price,” Daniel Ahn, owner of Gallery Market in Chinatown, told…
By Connor D. Wolf Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders toured a farmer’s market Sunday in downtown Los Angeles while failing to address how policies he supports have hurt local businesses. Sanders was followed by a large enthusiastic crowd as he walked through the historic downtown farmer’s market. He eventually left the city to have…
By Connor D. Wolf Former “Wheel of Fortune” Host Chuck Woolery denounced those trying to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour as economically illiterate Sunday. Woolery became the first host of the popular game show in 1975, where he stayed until 1981. He is also an outspoken conservative and has not shied away from calling out…
By Connor D. Wolf Former McDonald’s President Ed Rensi warned Tuesday that replacing workers with robots is far less costly than hiring new employees at $15 an hour. Democratic lawmakers and advocates from across the country have fought to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Those in support believe the policy could help…
By Connor D. Wolf The fast-food chain Wendy’s plans to start automating all of its restaurants in an effort to overcome recent minimum wage increases and a weak market, according to reports Thursday. Wendy’s will install self-serving kiosks at it’s over 6,000 locations later in the year, reports Investor’s Business Daily. Retailers and restaurants have…