On AlterNet: minimum wage
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "minimum wage"
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: PEEK. July 31, 2009.
What are you going to believe, what “free market” ideologues tell you or your own lying eyes?
AlterNetOctober 14, 2008.
Find out how the candidates compare on the 10 most important reproductive justice and gender issues, from abortion to equal pay.
AlterNetOctober 9, 2008.
From the housing crisis to the minimum wage, a look at where the candidates stand on nine important economic issues.
Ruth Rosen, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 3, 2008.
In the end, women will swing this election. Might be a good moment to start speaking to them. And a cursory nod to women's rights isn't enough.
Tula Connell, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2008.
The Chamber of Commerce, it should come as no surprise, are lousy tippers.
Eric Schlosser, The Nation. March 24, 2008.
Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage reached its peak in 1968. Today's cheap labor comes at an enormous cost to society.
Dick Meister, DickMeister.com. August 15, 2007.
It's awfully tough to live on $5.85 an hour.
Isaiah J. Poole, TomPaine.com. July 24, 2007.
Congress finally passes a pay-raise for millions of low-wage workers.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. February 27, 2007.
What do they care about a minimum wage hike?
Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. February 2, 2007.
Help the poor, pay them less.
Chuck Collins, TomPaine.com. January 29, 2007.
A growing number of business owners are supporting the minimum wage increase, which the Senate may vote on tomorrow.
Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2007.
Republicans' real fear is taking stand on Iraq.
Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2007.
JFK on helping "... the many who are poor"
Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. January 25, 2007.
Why just oppose raising it, when you can get rid of it?
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. January 23, 2007.
A visit to Washington state, which has the highest minimum wage in the country, reveals a booming economy with none of the problems Big Business had been warning about.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. January 4, 2007.
Joshua Holland: Liberals should rejoice when conservatives argue against the minimum wage …
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. January 3, 2007.
Robert Reich: It's a sham.
Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2006.
40 Facts on The State of Inequality in America
Peter Dreier, TomPaine.com. November 30, 2006.
Fed up after watching the minimum wage stagnate at poverty level for nearly a decade, a growing number of states are introducing their own pay raises with cost-of-living adjustments. Congress should follow their lead.
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. November 15, 2006.
Most Democrats say their hands are tied when it comes to fixing health care. But they've also said that about the minimum wage, and this election voters proved them wrong.
Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2006.
Senate GOP no longer has votes to deny increase in minimum wage
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. November 9, 2006.
In the 24 states that voted to raise their minimum wages, it just got a bit more worthwhile to get up for work each morning.
Ann Friedman, AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2006.
Plus four states vote to raise the minimum wage.
