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San Francisco Becomes First in Nation with $10 Minimum Wage (and the Sky Isn't Going to Fall)

John Schmitt, AlterNet. December 30, 2011.

The business community is screaming that the higher wages will "cost jobs," but the data suggest otherwise.

5 Worst So-Called Job Creation Ideas From the GOP

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 30, 2011.

Republicans claim to have a job-creation plan, but what they've actually got looks more like a job-killing plan.

Wage Theft Swamps Chicagoland: Workplace Protections Are Failing Cook County's Low-Wage Workers

Amy Taubin, Drum Major Institute. April 13, 2010.

What if we had a minimum wage, but nobody felt constrained to pay it? Or getting injured at work yielded no workers compensation, but a very real risk of losing your job?

Fox News' New Idea For Fighting Unemployment: Decrease the Minimum Wage

Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Politics. December 15, 2009.

Our friends at FOX think the best way to get people back on track in this recession is to pay them below-living wages.

President Reagan Rests in Peace ... But Will His Voo-Doo Economics Ever Die?

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?

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Reproductive Justice and Gender

AlterNetOctober 14, 2008.

Find out how the candidates compare on the 10 most important reproductive justice and gender issues, from abortion to equal pay.

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to the Economy

AlterNetOctober 9, 2008.

From the housing crisis to the minimum wage, a look at where the candidates stand on nine important economic issues.

Women Ignored in VP Debate

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.

Chamber of Commerce Gets $8,204 Bar Tab: Complains About 18% Tip for Wait Staff

Tula Connell, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2008.

The Chamber of Commerce, it should come as no surprise, are lousy tippers.

Fair Labor Standards Under Attack

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.

Raising the Minimum Wage: Don't Stop Now!

Dick Meister, DickMeister.com. August 15, 2007.

It's awfully tough to live on $5.85 an hour.

American Workers Get an Overdue Pay Raise

Isaiah J. Poole, TomPaine.com. July 24, 2007.

Congress finally passes a pay-raise for millions of low-wage workers.

Big Lies and "small" business

Susan Wallace, AlterNet: PEEK. February 27, 2007.

What do they care about a minimum wage hike?

Republican opposed minimum wage: "To protect salaries of low-income families"

Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. February 2, 2007.

Help the poor, pay them less.

Minimum Wage Increase Is Good for Business

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.

GOP stalls on minimum wage to avoid Iraq votes

Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2007.

Republicans' real fear is taking stand on Iraq.

Kennedy invokes brother's words in minimum wage fight

Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2007.

JFK on helping "... the many who are poor"

GOP tries to kill minimum wage

Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. January 25, 2007.

Why just oppose raising it, when you can get rid of it?

Minimum Wage Rises, Sky Does Not Fall

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.

George will: Let them eat cake!

Susan Wallace, AlterNet: PEEK. January 4, 2007.

Joshua Holland: Liberals should rejoice when conservatives argue against the minimum wage …

Bush says I'll help working poor if you cut taxes...

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. January 3, 2007.

Robert Reich: It's a sham.

2006 Injustice By the Numbers:

Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2006.

40 Facts on The State of Inequality in America

Memo to Congress: The Working Poor Need a Raise

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.

We Need a "Can-Do" Attitude on Health Care

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.

Working families now guaranteed a raise from Democrats

Bob Geiger, AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2006.

Senate GOP no longer has votes to deny increase in minimum wage