Podcasts about wage act

In January, we saw 22 U.S. states boosting their minimum wage rates with effect from the 1st of the month and three more planned later this year. So now there will soon be 30 states with minimum wages higher than the federal standard, which is $7.25 per hour for non-exempt workers. In this episode, we're talking about the impact this is having and will have. Have you ever wondered how minimum wage could impact your pay? Tune in, and let's find out! Join Ruth and her guests, Vicky, Lulu, and Kim, as they delve into the specifics of minimum wages.  Gain practical tips on attracting and retaining top talent, understand the effects of minimum wages on pay dates, and discover how increasing the minimum wage may align with environmental, social, and governance policies. Join us in this discussion as we explore the rewards and complexities of the expanding job market.   Key Takeaways: Minimum wage in U.S. history The Wage Act bill proposal How to attract and retain your best workers  The impact of minimum wages on pay dates How increasing the minimum wage will contribute to environmental, social, and governance policies How to solve pay compression   Resources: Payscale Website: www.payscale.com  Minimum Wage Report: https://payscale.com/research-and-insights/minimum-wage-report Email: coffee@payscale.com 

Florida's Medicaid redetermination process is in the spotlight, Trump and 19 of his associates have 10 days to turn themselves in, and the "Raise the Wage Act" offers hope for minimum wage earners.

Florida's Medicaid redetermination process is in the spotlight, Trump and 19 of his associates have 10 days to turn themselves in, and the "Raise the Wage Act" offers hope for minimum wage earners.

House and Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028, or more than double the current federal minimum wage of $7.25. The legislation would also seek to eliminate the tipped sub-minimum wage over the next seven years (and eliminate the tip credit for workers with disabilities over the next five years).

Our guests this week are two local business owners. Brandi Barrett is co-owner of Barrett and Benitez Development, a real estate development company focusing on equitable built spaces in cities. Annie Adams owns Second Chic, a boutique consignment shop with two locations, one in the Elmwood Village, and the other in Williamsville. They are both members of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a group of businesses that recognize the value of paying workers a living wage. They'll discuss why this benefits employees and business owners and what is being proposed as part of the New York State Raise the Wage Act.   To learn more about our work, visit our website at ⁠ppgbuffalo.org⁠. Be sure to ⁠sign up for our newsletter⁠ and follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠Twitter⁠.

Jessica Ramos, New York State senator (D, District 13, Queens), advocates for the Raise the Wage Act, which she co-sponsored, that would raise the minimum wage in New York State to combat inflation, as well as other budget-related priorities.

$17 [in 2030] is going to be like $13 today," says 1199SEIU MD/DC political director Ricarra Jones. Today's labor quote: Frances Perkins.   Today's labor history: César Chávez leads march of 5,000 striking farmworkers in Salinas, California.     @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u @1199SEIU_MDDC Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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In this week's episode of Let's Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden talk about the Minimum Wage Act! Join them as they discuss the act herself, how minimum wage has changed over the years, and why there is no reasonable argument for not raising her!  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Michael Lastoria. Michael is an American serial entrepreneur and co-founder of &pizza, a creatively led, mission-driven, culture carrying, pizza chain voted one of Fast Company's Most Innovative companies in 2018 and 2019 for Social Good. Referred to by Bloomberg as “what Jesus might look like if he walked in a Yohji Yamamoto show,” Lastoria grounds &pizza in a commitment to better flavor, quality ingredients, livable wages, and real actions. Lastoria has appeared on Fox Business, CNBC, MSNBC, and Yahoo, and has been featured in Forbes, AdWeek, the New York Times, and Washington Post as a distinguished entrepreneur and thought leader in the industry. Speaking on topics including the value of design-based thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, Lastoria has talked at Harvard Business School, George Washington University, and Georgetown to inspire the next generation of business leaders. Lastoria co-founded Innovation Ads which sold to a private equity firm in 2006, and JWALK which sold to beauty powerhouse Shiseido in 2017 before starting &pizza. Lastoria is a fair wage fighter and member of the advocacy network Business at a Fair Minimum Wage. He's promoted increases in minimum wage across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and with Barack Obama's Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez. He introduced the Raise the Wage Act with Senator Sanders, Senator Pelosi, and Senator Schumer in 2016 and 2017 respectively. At Lastoria's direction, &pizza was the first national restaurant chain to commit to a $15 minimum wage that has donated to over 1,000 local causes aligned with the company's core values. Lastoria has been identified as one of the country's top executives, listed in QSR's 2019 and 2020 Readers' Choice Awards as a Most Admired Fast-Casual Leader, on ILC's as the 2018 Icon of Culture, on Nation's Restaurant News' Annual Power List in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and Fast Casual's Movers and Shakers List in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in the Washington Business Journal's 40 Under 40, and was named Business Person of the Year in 2017 by the Small Business Council of America. Missed any previous episodes, access all here https://growthbysabir.com/liveshow Your business stuck in a rut? Contact Sabir at Growth by Sabir here https://growthbysabir.com #entrepreneurship #founder #startup #pizza Topics covered: entrepreneur,entrepreneurship,entrepreneurs,startup,startups,founder,founders,founder story,pizza business,pizza,pizza shop,pizza store,pizza chain,pizza products,entrepreneur motivation,entrepreneur advice,bigcommerce,dtc,ecommerce,influencer marketing,influencers,shopify,thisweekwithsabir,shopify dropshipping,ecommerce business,ecommerce website,instagram influencer marketing,influencer marketing strategy,Michael Lastoria,andpizza,&pizza --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sabir-semerkant/support

The Legacy of the Subminimum Wage The devaluation of Black lives and women's work is at the heart of the subminimum wage. Until the 1850s, restaurant workers were white men who were unionized and were tipped on top of a living wage. But business owners started hiring women and black people for free, making them rely on tips to make their living. This means that the customer—instead of the employer—is responsible for paying the worker. A century and a half later, the subminimum wage has increased to only $2.13. Tipped Work in the Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how precarious tipped work is. Full time tipped workers, such as in bars or restaurants, often did not qualify for unemployment benefits because their tips were never reported, and it made them look ineligible for not having worked enough hours or earned enough pay. We have an opportunity to get rid of the subminimum wage by advocating for the Raise the Wage Act, supporting restaurants that pay their workers a livable wage, and demanding the same from businesses that don't. Who Gets Paid Subminimum Wages? The restaurant industry makes up a big piece of the work force, but it's not alone. Nail salon workers, car wash workers, parking attendants, sky caps at airports all work for tips. Subminimum wage laws also take advantage of a subset of people who are deemed ineligible for a proper minimum wage. Incarcerated workers are often paid even below the subminimum wage per hour; teenage workers produce the same work as adults but get paid less; and people with disabilities also perform the same as other workers but do not get paid the same amount. FIND OUT MORE: Saru Jayaraman is the President of One Fair Wage and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley. Saru has spent the last 20 years organizing and advocating for raising wages and working conditions for restaurant and other service workers. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was listed in CNN's “Top 10 Visionary Women” and recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House in 2014, a James Beard Foundation Leadership Award in 2015, and the San Francisco Chronicle ‘Visionary of the Year' in 2019. Saru has written several books, including Behind the Kitchen Door (Cornell University Press, 2013), a national bestseller, Bite Back: People Taking on Corporate Food and Winning (UC Press, 2020), and most recently One Fair Wage: Ending Sub Minimum Pay in America (The New Press, 2021). You can learn more at onefairwage.com. You can follow Saru on Twitter at @SaruJayaraman

Host Sammy Ross and guest Marc Santos discuss the topic of Livable Wage.  ​​Minimum wage hasn't gone up nationally in over a decade, while cost of living continues to climb.  On this episode we discuss the difference between minimum wage and livable wage, why tipped workers are most at risk for wage theft, and how inflation can work with or against our wages.   For Bonus content where host Sammy Ross and guest Marc Santos discuss their experience with wages while maintaining freelance artistic careers, please visit: https://www.patreon.com/ThisisNotaHandout For more information about the show, please visit: https://www.thisisnotahandout.com   Resources: For more on Minimum Wage: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/08/a-brief-history-of-the-minimum-wage/ For more on an in-depth look at the Tipped Minimum Wage: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/reports/2021/03/30/497673/ending-tipped-minimum-wage-will-reduce-poverty-inequality/  For more on the Minimum Wage Debate: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/minimum-wage-debate/  For more on Dan Price and Gravity Payments: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51332811  For more on the Pandemic, and large retailer's profits: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/27/large-retailers-are-making-record-profits-but-not-paying-workers-more.html  For more on sign-on bonuses and other restaurant chain employee incentives: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/11/these-restaurant-chains-have-raised-wages-or-offered-bonuses-.html  For more on Costco and other Big Box Retailers: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/02/26/costco-increases-its-minimum-wage-to-16-an-hour-there-is-an-alarming-downside-that-needs-to-be-discussed/?sh=2377f0723ca6  For more on Amazon's wage increase for workers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/technology/amazon-pay-increase.html  For more on Sweden's unions and Toys "R" Us: https://apnews.com/article/6d245065b3faaadc70e6eb77e3e5c20f For more on the Raise the Wage Act of 2021: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/15-federal-minimum-wage-amendment-fails-in-senate-heres-what-you-should-know/ For more on Labor Unions: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/business/labor-unions-income-inequality.html  For MIT's Livable Wage Calculator: https://livingwage.mit.edu/ 

Workers at BWI Marshall Airport and Baltimore Penn Station will see their pay rise to $17 an hour. Today's labor history: ILGWU founded. Today's quote: Doran Brown. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @32BJSEIU Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Workers at BWI Marshall Airport and Baltimore Penn Station will see their pay rise to $17 an hour. Today's labor history: ILGWU founded. Today's quote: Doran Brown. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @32BJSEIU Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

This episode of Voices for Human Needs is all about the fight to raise the federal minimum wage. Co-hosts Abigail Alpern Fisch and Leo Nguyen from the Coalition on Human Needs speak with Judy Conti, Director of Government Affairs at the National Employment Law Project, Adam Orman, co-owner of a neighborhood restaurant in Austin, Texas, L'Oca D'Oro, and Trupti Patel, a lead organizer at One Fair Wage in Washington D.C. These policy advocates, activists, and organizers discuss the top-line impacts of raising the federal minimum wage through the Raise the Wage Act, the disproportionate impacts of a low federal minimum wage on women workers and BIPOC workers, and what listeners like you can do to organize in your communities in support of One Fair Wage. Read more about this episode, at the Voices for Human Needs Blog: https://www.chn.org/voices-for-human-needs/ To learn more about the work being done by each of our speakers and their organizations as mentioned in this episode, please see below: Judy Conti: The National Employment Law Project: https://www.nelp.org/campaign/raising-the-minimum-wage/ Adam Orman: Good Work Austin: https://www.nelp.org/campaign/raising-the-minimum-wage/, L'Oca D'Oro Restaurant in Austin Texas: https://www.locadoroaustin.com/values/, Newsweek article mentioned by Adam: https://www.locadoroaustin.com/values/ Trupti Patel: One Fair Wage: https://onefairwage.site/ This podcast was produced by the Coalition on Human Needs: https://www.chn.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voices-for-human-needs/message

The federal minimum wage has been a hot topic this year and was debated during discussion of the 2021 Raise the Wage Act before Congress. The wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009, and proponents of an increase say it is not adequate given the rising cost of living. Opponents argue an increase will place an undue burden on businesses, especially small businesses just coming out of the pandemic. Many businesses have set higher minimum wages and 29 states and Washington, D.C., also have rates above the federal minimum. On the podcast to discuss the topic are Dave Cooper, a senior economic analyst at the Economic policy Institute and an expert on the minimum wage. Also on the show is Saige Draeger, an NCSL policy expert. Cooper, whose organization did research that informed the legislation, discussed who earns both the federal and state minimum wage and how raising it might affect public benefits and small businesses. He also talked about pros and cons of state legislators setting the minimum wage for their states. Draeger explained how states have taken action regarding the minimum wage.   Resources Economic Policy Institute Increasing the Minimum Wage, NCSL LegisBrief NCSL Labor and Employment Homepage OAS Episode 131 Transcription State Minimum Wages, NCSL Your Guide to the Ongoing Minimum Wage Debate, State Legislatures magazine

Gaby is joined this week by the brilliant and delightful Najah Farley of the National Employment Law Project to talk about working from home, essential workers, and fighting for a living wage. How has work changed for the better or worse since the pandemic started? What can you do to protect yourself financially and emotionally? Plus, some hilarity involving the state of Florida and "your white co-worker Meghan." Have we mentioned that Najah is an incredible guest? Then, Gaby hears from listeners who have started their own small businesses all about their motivations, struggles, and successes. For more awesome businesses by Bad With Money listeners, see the links below!  Bad with Money Listener Small Businesses: Fleshpot - www.etsy.com/shop/FLESHPOT/ Drawmaturgy - www.drawmaturgy.etsy.com Covention - www.DearQueerie.wixsite.com Matisse DuPont - www.matissedupont.com Solilo and Co - www.soliloandco.etsy.com/ Caveat NYC - www.caveat.nyc/ Rexington Funk - www.rexingtonfunk.com/ THE SHORTLIST - www.shortlistshop.com.au/ Dizzie - www.dizzie.co.nz/ Send an email to gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. For a transcript of the show here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upSYsj9aRaL1lNNAEZ5vATaW0c22AII6mNtuAdPti8A/edit Follow NELP on Twitter: @NELPNews Follow Najah on Twitter: @NajahFarley Find Najah on LinknedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/najah-farley-she-her-728b736 Here are some NELP publications on the issues we discussed: On retaliation and wage theft: https://www.nelp.org/publication/exposing-wage-theft-without-fear/ On the Raise the Wage Act and the $15 minimum wage: https://www.nelp.org/publication/u-s-needs-15-minimum-wage/ The yearly report on raises across the country: https://www.nelp.org/publication/raises-from-coast-to-coast-in-2021/ Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOur Sponsors:* Check out Arena Club: arenaclub.com/badmoney* Check out Chime: chime.com/BADMONEY* Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com* Check out Indeed: indeed.com/BADWITHMONEY* Check out Monarch Money: monarchmoney.com/BADMONEY* Check out NetSuite: NetSuite.com/BADWITHMONEYAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gaby is joined this week by the brilliant and delightful Najah Farley of the National Employment Law Project to talk about working from home, essential workers, and fighting for a living wage. How has work changed for the better or worse since the pandemic started? What can you do to protect yourself financially and emotionally? Plus, some hilarity involving the state of Florida and "your white co-worker Meghan." Have we mentioned that Najah is an incredible guest? Then, Gaby hears from listeners who have started their own small businesses all about their motivations, struggles, and successes. For more awesome businesses by Bad With Money listeners, see the links below!  Bad with Money Listener Small Businesses: Fleshpot - www.etsy.com/shop/FLESHPOT/ Drawmaturgy - www.drawmaturgy.etsy.com Covention - www.DearQueerie.wixsite.com Matisse DuPont - www.matissedupont.com Solilo and Co - www.soliloandco.etsy.com/ Caveat NYC - www.caveat.nyc/ Rexington Funk - www.rexingtonfunk.com/ THE SHORTLIST - www.shortlistshop.com.au/ Dizzie - www.dizzie.co.nz/ Send an email to gabyisbadwithmoney@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 844-474-4040. Follow NELP on Twitter: @NELPNews Follow Najah on Twitter: @NajahFarley Find Najah on LinknedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/najah-farley-she-her-728b736 Here are some NELP publications on the issues we discussed: On retaliation and wage theft: https://www.nelp.org/publication/exposing-wage-theft-without-fear/ On the Raise the Wage Act and the $15 minimum wage: https://www.nelp.org/publication/u-s-needs-15-minimum-wage/ The yearly report on raises across the country: https://www.nelp.org/publication/raises-from-coast-to-coast-in-2021/ Follow Bad With Money on Instagram: @bwmpod Follow Gaby Dunn on Instagram: @gabyroad Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Barker of Radio Free Hillsdale looks at the Raise the Wage Act, a proposal to gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn’t changed since 2009. Workers in 21 states make the federal floor, which can be even lower for people who make tips. And at $7.25 an hour, a person working full time with a dependent is making below the federal poverty line.States such as California, Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts have approved gradual minimum wage increases to reach $15 an hour — so is it time to do it at the federal level?On Wednesday 20 senators from both parties are set to meet to discuss whether to use their influence on minimum wage legislation.Economists have argued for years about the consequences of the hike, saying employers who bear the costs would be forced to lay off some of the very employees the minimum wage was intended to support. A report by the Congressional Budget Office on a proposal to see $15 by 2025 estimates the increase would move 900,000 people out of poverty — and at the same time cut 1.4 million jobs.On today’s episode, we debate the fight for $15 with two people who see things very differently. Saru Jayaraman is the president of One Fair Wage and the director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Jeffrey Miron is a senior lecturer in the department of economics at Harvard University and the director of economic studies at the Cato Institute.Learn MoreThe Congressional Budget Office’s February 2021 report on the budgetary effects of the Raise the Wage Act of 2021.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ April 2020 report “Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers.”

In this episode of Who Belongs? we look at the impacts of minimum wage increases with Michael Reich, a Professor of Economics and Chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at UC Berkeley. The federal minimum wage has been frozen at $7.25 an hour since 2009. That's an annual income for a full time worker of just $15,000. But a few weeks ago Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive legislators introduced the 2021 Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. After 2025 the minimum wage would continue to increase to keep up with inflation without having to introduce new legislation every few years. The lawmakers had been trying to get this act included in the coronavirus relief package so it could be passed with a simple majority, but on Thursday we learned that's probably not going to happen because of an archaic Senate rule, meaning it would need to be introduced as a standalone bill and require 60 votes to pass, which is unlikely. Our guest Michael Reich is a leading expert on minimum wage research and has published extensively on the topic, including a recent study on how minimum wage hikes reduce racial wage gaps between black and white workers. So we'll discuss that, as well address some of the common critiques of minimum wage increases. Check back for a link to a transcript of this interview.

Do you know the minimum wage in your state? Saru Jayaraman does. As co-founder and president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, Saru and her team are fighting in support of the Raise the Wage Act, which would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and get rid of the $2.13 minimum wage for tipped workers. Saru joins us to talk about the ongoing campaign. She also explains the connection between wages, food stamps and sexual harassment and why a higher minimum wage is better for everyone. Plus, find out why Callie Flynn thinks Tove Ohlander of Tove by Design is the Bombe. Thank you to Käserei Champignon, the makers of Cambozola cheese, for supporting this episode.

Air Date 2/20/2021 Today we take a look at the fight to create and maintain workable and humane economic and social floors, beneath which people are not allowed to fall. The fetishization of market forces embraced by decades of neoliberals and weaponized by authoritarians have left millions desperate for basic standards. To draw the connection, we look at the protests by Indian farmers against proposed deregulation and the fight for $15 in the US. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript MEMBERSHIP, Gift Memberships and Donations! (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) MERCHANDISE! REFER-O-MATIC! Sign up, share widely, get rewards. It's that easy! EPISODE SPONSORS: NEWYORKER.COM/BEST Want to advertise/sponsor the show? Details -> advertisecast.com/BestoftheLeft SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Your four talking points for $15-an-Hour minimum wage - Working Life Podcast - Air Date 2-17-21 Right before our eyes, in these very days and at this time of crisis, you can see so clearly this bankrupt system, defended and promoted by greedy CEOs and spineless politicians, but a system people are trying to rebel against and take down. Ch. 2: Inside the Raise the Wage Act, with EPI's David Cooper Part 1 - OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas - Air Date 1-30-21 Rebecca sits down with the Economic Policy Institute's David Cooper for a deep dive into Democrats' Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. Ch. 3: What’s the deal with the CBO report? Part 1 - Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - Air Date 2-12-21 The big news in the minimum wage world this week is the new CBO report—which, among many benefits, also found that a $15 federal minimum wage would cost jobs, increase the deficit, and raise prices. Goldy and Paul explain how CBO arrived at their numbers. Ch. 4: Inside the Raise the Wage Act, with EPI's David Cooper Part 2 - OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas - Air Date 1-30-21 Rebecca sits down with the Economic Policy Institute's David Cooper for a deep dive into Democrats' Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. Ch. 5: Modi’s “Arrogance of Power” and the Indian Farmers’ Protests with Rana Ayyub - Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes - Air Date 2-16-21 This week, journalist and Washington Post columnist, Rana Ayyub, joins to discuss the protest movement and how Modi·s reaction to it fits his pattern of illiberalism and nationalism that marches India away from democracy. Ch. 6: Indian Farmers Lead Historic Strike & Protests Against Narendra Modi, Neoliberalism & Inequality - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-3-20 P. Sainath, an Indian journalist and the founder of People’s Archive of Rural India, or PARI, who describes why working-class Indians are standing up against “absolutely vicious” new rules that were rammed through Parliament, and show no sign of stopping. Ch. 7: All walls must fall w/Harsha Walia - The Red Nation Podcast - Air Date 2-15-21 Harsha Walia discusses her new book, Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, the Indian farmers' movement, and how she became an organizer. Ch. 8: Prof. Richard Wolff: India's Historic General Strike - The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow - Air Date 12-4-2020 Professor Richard Wolff joins RJ Eskow to discuss the historic strike taking place in India and possible influence on other countries. MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 9: What’s the deal with the CBO report? Part 2 - Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - Air Date 2-12-21 The big news in the minimum wage world this week is the new CBO report—which, among many benefits, also found that a $15 federal minimum wage would cost jobs, increase the deficit, and raise prices. Goldy and Paul explain how CBO arrived at their numbers. Ch. 10: Amazon Workers Organize! - Working Life Podcast - Air Date 2-10-21 Thousands of workers are trying to get a union at Amazon's huge warehouse in Bessemer Alabama. The ballots have just been mailed and we get an update on the organizing campaign from a good friend of the show Dave Mertz FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on the results of our disinformation headline contest TAKE ACTION! Call Your Senators to Pass a $15 Federal Minimum Wage: 888-639-5155 Stay engaged with @fightfor15 & #fightfor15 on Twitter Tell Sen. Joe Manchin how you feel, too! 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The Raise the Wage Act will raise the national minimum wage to $15/hour. How will this affect Private Pay Home Care? Recruitment? Retention? We discuss some of our beliefs on what will come. Leave us a comment below and let us know how you think it will affect your business. Pricing For Profits Coursehttps://bit.ly/P4P5StepsRaise the Wage Act Fact Sheethttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Raise-the-Wage-Act-of-2021-Fact-Sheet-FINAL.pdfBook your Strategy Sessionhttps://thebrionesgroup.com/book-onlineUse Coupon Code: BCG2021 Live Q&A Submission Formhttps://forms.gle/xrumvPmkkKmZxTaSAWebsitehttp://www.thebrionesgroup.comFacebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PreparePlanRebuild

By Chris NicholsWould raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour “destroy up to 3.7 million jobs” in the United States? That’s what GOP House Minority Leader and California Rep. Kevin McCarthy claimed in the headline of a press release on Tuesday as Democrats in Congress began debating the move. On Twitter the same day, McCarthy wrote the wage hike “could put nearly 4 million Americans out of work.” This is a screen shot of the headline from McCarthy’s press release. The Biden Administration last month proposed raising the federal minimum hourly pay from $7.25 to $15, with increases of about $1.50 every year for five years. To make that happen, Congressional Democrats introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 last month and began considering the legislation in the House Committee on Education and Labor this week. Here’s what McCarthy said in the body of the press release: “At this critical point, the Democrats’ big, creative response is to raise the federal national wage to $15 an hour — a move the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office previously found could cost nearly 4 million workers their jobs.” President Joe Biden initially included the proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour in his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. But he predicted last week it would be left out due to opposition from Republicans and centrist Democrats. Given the debate over raising the wage and its impact on jobs, we decided to take a closer look at McCarthy’s claim in this fact check. Our Research In his press release and tweet, McCarthy linked to an analysis of the wage proposal by the Congressional Budget Office published on Monday. The CBO, a nonpartisan research service, predicted the wage hike would eliminate jobs, but would also raise wages for an estimated 17 million people and lift 900,000 people out of poverty. It doesn’t say anything about destroying an estimated “3.7 million” positions as McCarthy claimed. Instead, the CBO said “the average estimate is that employment would be reduced by 1.4 million workers.” The report goes on to say there’s a “one-third chance” the loss will be between 1 million and 2.7 million workers, still far less than McCarthy’s number. “Young, less educated people would account for a disproportionate share of those reductions in employment,” the report adds. A spokesperson for McCarthy did not respond to questions. Deborah Kilroe, a spokesperson for the CBO, said McCarthy likely got his figure from a July 2019 CBO report that also examined raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. That older analysis predicted the “median estimate” for job losses would be 1.3 million. Meanwhile, it said “there is a two thirds chance that the change in employment would be between about zero and a decrease of 3.7 million workers.” That last figure lines up with McCarthy’s statement of “nearly 4 million workers,” but it comes from the high-end of an old report and ignores what the CBO published this week. Last month, FactCheck.org found Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul also distorted the facts on this topic. The senator told Fox News that “the government estimates are close to 4 million people will lose their jobs,” if the minimum wage hike goes through. FactCheck.org examined the July 2019 CBO report [the current report had yet to be published] and found Paul cherry-picked the high-end of that report. Our Ruling Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.” McCarthy appears to be citing a Congressional Budget Office analysis from 2019 that said, at the high-end, 3.7 million jobs could be lost from the wage hike. But in his statement, he linked to the CBO’s new analysis published this week which found an average estimate of 1.4 million jobs would be lost, a figure he omitted. The new CBO report added there’s a “one-third chance” the loss will be between 1 million and 2.7 million workers, still far less than McCarthy’s claim. In the end, we found McCarthy cherry-picked a figure from an old report while ignoring current data on the topic that tells a different story. We rated his claim False. FALSE – The statement is not accurate. Source List Rep. Kevin McCarthy, press release and  tweet. Feb. 9, 2021. Congressional Budget Office, The Budgetary Effects of the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, February 2021. Congressional Budget Office, The Effects on Employment and Family Income of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage, July 2019. Deborah Kilroe, spokesperson, Congressional Budget Office, email exchange Feb. 10, 2021. The Washington Post, CBO report finds $15 minimum wage would cost jobs but lower poverty levels, Feb. 8, 2021 FactCheck.org, Paul Distorts CBO’s Estimate on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage, Jan. 22, 2021

Here’s another resource from the archive that will help you wade through the loud and often misleading coverage of the Raise the Wage Act.  Not all minimum-wage studies are equal. Some of the most headline-grabbing negative reports on the effects of the minimum wage were commissioned and promoted by right-wing organizations looking to legitimize trickle-down policies that hurt workers. How can you spot studies that aren’t worth their salt? Economist Ben Zipperer joins Nick and Jasmin to reveal some of the tricks that economists pull, and to help us understand how some studies can conclude that raising wages will kill jobs—even though, as we know, the opposite is true.  Ben Zipperer is an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. His areas of expertise include the minimum wage, inequality, and low-wage labor markets. He has published research in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review and has been quoted in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and the BBC.  Twitter: @benzipperer, @EconomicPolicy Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics  Further reading:  Gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 would be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy: https://www.epi.org/publication/minimum-wage-testimony-feb-2019/ Six reasons not to put too much weight on the new study of Seattle’s minimum wage: https://www.epi.org/blog/six-reasons-not-to-put-too-much-weight-on-the-new-study-of-seattles-minimum-wage/ Studies mentioned in the episode:  New EPI study: The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs: Evidence from the United States Using a Bunching Estimator: https://www.nber.org/papers/w25434 Card and Krueger: Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: http://davidcard.berkeley.edu/papers/njmin-aer.pdf University of Washington study - Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle: https://www.nber.org/papers/w23532 Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, February 3, 2021.   In the news this week: The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 The National Restaurant Association, Sean Kennedy Checkers Drive-In, Frances Allen School of Rock, Rob Price Century 21 Real Estate, Michael Miedler Pizza Hut McDonald's Taco John's, Barry Westrum Color Me Mine, DeBow Alexander Padgett Jack In The Box, Ryan Ostrom Yum! Brands, Tracy Skeans HomeWell Franchising, Matt Balducci Mathnasium Learning Centers, Shant Assarian City Wide Franchise, David Braun   Thanks to The Franchise Show, Social Joey, and Benetrends.

Rebecca sits down with the Economic Policy Institute's David Cooper for a deep dive into Democrats' Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. show notes: https://offkiltershow.medium.com/inside-the-raise-the-wage-act-with-epis-david-cooper-2d6ee58ab1f6

You may have noticed that the trickle-downers are out in full force again spouting bad ideas in response to the Raise the Wage Act, which will raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour. To set the record straight, we’re reposting one of our first-ever episodes, from early 2019, that reveals what the research proves (no, raising the minimum wage doesn’t affect employment), and asks why changing public perception around the minimum wage has been so difficult.    Eric Garcetti is the Mayor of LA, where he signed a $15 minimum wage ordinance into law in 2015.  The late Alan Krueger was a leading labor economist best known for his work on the effects of the minimum wage.  Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics  Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on the "Buy American" EO, the "Raise the Wage" Act, the lastest GDP data, the "GameStop situation" and her upcoming testimony before the House Small Business Committee next week.

WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 16: Microsoft Hiring Bias, Raise the Wage Act, 35k Airline Job Cuts, Portguese Workers Wage Protest, Luxury Building Workers Strike. Episode 16 (09/27/2020) References: Already facing its worst crisis since 9/11, airline industry set to cut more than 35,000 jobs this week https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/airline-industry-job-cuts/2020/09/26/824b1380-fdaf-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html Angry but determined: Portuguese workers protest for better wages amid pandemic https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N2GN0BF Essential workers deserve essential wages https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/517684-essential-workers-deserve-essential-wages Marriage linked to higher wages for some workers https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/marriage-linked-higher-wages-some-workers https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2020/4/marriage-rate-blog-test High Rise Luxury Building Workers Walk Off Job in Bid for Fair Wages, Healthcare https://www.tapinto.net/towns/jersey-city/sections/economic-development/articles/high-rise-luxury-building-workers-walk-off-job-in-bid-for-fair-wages-healthcare A Right-Leaning Court Will Tackle Some Big Business Cases. The Outcomes Aren't Obvious. https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-a-more-conservative-supreme-court-could-redefine-free-enterprise-51601070282?mod=hp_LEAD_1 Perspective | Elevating the ‘teacher pay penalty' on the state and national agenda https://www.ednc.org/perspective-elevating-the-teacher-pay-penalty-on-the-state-and-national-agenda/ Microsoft to pay $3M to job applicants to resolve hiring bias claims https://www.hrdive.com/news/microsoft-to-pay-3m-to-job-applicants-to-resolve-hiring-bias-claims/585681/ Uber, Lyft Give California GOP Millions While Fighting Driver Reclassification https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4q7p/uber-lyft-give-california-gop-millions-while-fighting-driver-reclassification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support

Natasha, Jenna & JJ getting the vent session started about working the weekend and how to get out of it. I mean really if you working weekends, your friends going to brunch and day parties are you missing work, going work or changing your religion? Natasha and Jasmin Forts discuss the Employment Law for this weekend, "Raise the Wage Act." You mean to tell me the Federal Wage is going to be what around 2024??? The topic of the day went up with Natasha and Jenna giving the scoop on completing new hire paperwork. Make sure you contact your tax advisor about your tax documents and with benefits contact the company that offer the benefits you have questions. Stacy from Fayetteville, LA holding us down with the drug test story this week. Did she pass? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fckworkpodcast/message

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On July 18, the Raise the Wage Act passed the U.S House of Representatives, a bill that would double federal minimum wage by 2025. Members of Congress who support the bill believe it will increase pay for 27 million workers and lift over one million people out of poverty, but those opposed to the bill say it would cause millions more to lose their jobs. Dave Hebert, professor of economics at Aquinas College, joins the podcast to dispel some of the biggest misconceptions of raising federal minimum wage and what real effects the bill would have. On the second segment, Glenn Harlan Reynolds, professor of law at the University of Tennessee and author of the new book, "The Social Media Upheaval," joins the show to examine the benefits and drawbacks of social media. Glenn argues that social media and especially Twitter is increasingly "poisoning" journalism and politics. How can we reduce big tech censorship and the toll of social media while also respecting free speech? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

01:28 - The House passes the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in 6 years. If it's so great, why don't they make it go into effect immediately? 03:01 - The SECURE Act is making its way through Congress, and could have two big changes to IRAs. It could push back the age for Required Minimum Distributions from 70.5 to 72, and it could end the stretch options for inherited IRAs. 06:43 - There appears to be a deal on the way to avoid a government shutdown over the debt ceiling. 12:46 - It was a good time at the last few Gregory Ricks Live events. Gregory took the Wine, Wisdom, and Food show on the road, starting at Ruth's Chris in the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, Ruth's Chris in Metairie, and Keith Young's Steakhouse in Madisonville. Gregory raised $2,500 for the Palmer Home for Children. Wes Blanchard has an Estate Planning Lunch and Learn coming up. 23:36 - Gregory Ricks made a suggestion to Keith Young on one of his dishes at his steakhouse in Madisonville. The dish was a hit, and Gregory may have a dish named after him on the menu soon. 27:26 - The Numbers are mostly positive. 31:26 - Netflix is facing the loss of some of its top programs, and the arrival of new competition, while juggling over $10 billion in debt. Is the party over for this great company? 33:34 - What should you do if the only retirement savings you have is your 401k? http://www.WinningAtLife.com

Byron Lazine and Pat Kenny discuss Amazon’s plan to spend $700 million to retrain employees: http://bit.ly/amazontospend700m. They also talk about Raise the Wage Act, which The House passed: http://bit.ly/housepasseswageact. Giveaways provided by Martin McKinney at Service Station Equipment: bit.ly/ServiceStationEquipment Connect with Byron: Website: https://www.byronlazine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ByronLazine/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byronlazine/ Connect with Pat: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theotherpatkenny Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notpatkenny/?hl=en

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After announced immigrant raids all but fizzled, this week, the Trump administration turned to attack four progressive members of Congress, all women of color, who fought back. And as the politics of distraction heats up before the 2020 election, progressive activism keeps the focus on policy and human needs. Plus headlines: Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution Wednesday affirming the use of boycotts as a tactic that is a constitutionally-protected form of free speech.The House of Representatives passed the Raise the Wage Act, aimed at guaranteeing all American workers a minimum wage of $15 an hour. Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a presidential campaign speech about Medicare for All at George Washington University.The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act was passed in the House Natural Resources Committee.A coalition of environmental justice and national climate organizations announced the Equitable and Just National Climate Platform.The new Hollywood drama, ‘Official Secrets,’ about government lies told in the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, was previewed at two standing-room-only events in DC. If you enjoy our grassroots news show, which we provide free online, on podcast and on Pacifica stations and affiliates, please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. You can also give a one-time donation on PayPal. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Thank you!

Thomas discusses NJ SALT Tax lawsuit, Rand Paul's blocking of the 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund, the House passing the Raise the Wage Act, and Illan Omar's comments during Monday's press conference. Music Credits to Lee Greenwood - Proud to Be an American Episode Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/nj-governor-confident-irs-lawsuit-over-tax-deductions-will-succeed.html https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/453519-rand-paul-blocks-senate-vote-on-9-11-victim-compensation-fund https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-passes-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hOSJ-KrUk https://www.thethomassalandrashow.com/newsandopinion/articles-of-impeachment-fail-the-house Support The Thomas Salandra Show: anchor.fm/tsalandrashow/support Visit thethomassalandrashow.com Email us at info@thethomassalandrashow.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thethomassalandrashow/support

JFK would never stop throwing up! That is if the late president came back from the dead and saw what has happened to his Democrat party. Today’s topics also include: As we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing this weekend, we’ll be inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s classic, “We Choose to Go to the Moon” speech from 1962. Also, in light of the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Raise the Wage Act just today, Doug Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum returns to discuss why the $15 Minimum Wage is such a bad idea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Just a week before the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is due to vote on its Raise the Wage Act, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) calculated its possible impact on the economy. The bill, if enacted into law (highly unlikely), would gradually raise the minimum wage in the country from its present level of $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour by 2024. Read the article here!

This podcast will place an emphasis on the implications of the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 within the greater context of poverty and inequality. The Economic Policy Institute states that this act is intended to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25, which implies that this policy will more than double the minimum wage and have large economic impacts within the domestic marketplace. While we have not yet covered the poverty and inequality section of this course, we believe that the Raise the Wage Act is of the utmost importance and very relevant to other topics we have already reviewed in class. Rather than seeing certain states enforce different minimum wages than others in contemporary society, this act would set an unprecedented standard at the national level. Bearing in mind that the policy is currently under evaluation in Congress, and has not yet been federally mandated, our aim in this podcast is to explore both positive and negative outcomes of the Raise the Wage Act. To facilitate this analysis, we have consulted Professor Sylvia Allegretto, labor economist and co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor Nardos Beyene, Visiting Instructor in Economics at Colgate University.