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  • September 2008

    • Calif. Budget Deal Pays '08 Debt With '09 Taxes

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 15, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Calif. Budget Deal Pays '08 Debt With '09 Taxes

      (Newser) - California lawmakers have finally come to an agreement on the new state budget, ending a stalemate in which Republicans refused to add new taxes and Democrats fought against cutting funding for education and health care. The compromise sees the state using next year's money to pay off its current debts, writes the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • taxes  • budget deficit  • minimum wage  • fiscal imbalance

  • July 2008

    • Sans Budget, Arnold to Slash Calif. Workers' Pay

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 24, 08 10:48 AM CDT

      Sans Budget, Arnold to Slash Calif. Workers' Pay

      (Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to ease California's cash-flow crisis by slashing the pay of 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A draft executive order obtained by the Chronicle also ends overtime pay for all but emergency employees and lays off 22,000 temporary workers. The proposal, aimed to pressure the deadlocked Legislature into passing an overdue budget, has enraged labor groups. More »

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      California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • budget  • wages  • minimum wage  • California legislature

    • Minimum Wage Gets Bump

      Baltimore Sun  |  Jul 23, 08 2:31 PM CDT

      Minimum Wage Gets Bump

      (Newser) - The federal minimum wage will get a 70-cent boost tomorrow to $6.55 an hour, reports the Baltimore Sun , but it's not good news for everyone. The bump will help workers chip away at rising food, gas, and health care costs, raising the annual payoff of a 40-hour work week to $13,624, about $3,000 over the federal poverty level. Small businesses, facing customer declines, "fully understand" their plight, says one shop owner, "but Ma and Pa stores can't afford to keep having to raise our wages." More »

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      workers  • minimum wage  • wage increase

  • February 2008

    • Made in Italy — in a Chinese Sweatshop

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 20, 08 9:21 AM CST

      Made in Italy — in a Chinese Sweatshop

      (Newser) - For consumers of luxury goods, the "Made in Italy" designation remains so prestigious that it can add 300% to an item's price. But the days of artisans plying their trade in little workshops are largely over, the Los Angeles Times reports, replaced by thousands of Tuscan factories employing Chinese workers at low wages and in deplorable conditions. For many, the labor is little more than indentured servitude. More »

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      Italy  • fashion  • globalization  • manufacturing  • luxury goods  • Prada  • minimum wage  • workplace safety  • sweatshop  • Tuscany

  • September 2007

    • Report: Top Retailers Pay Poverty Wages

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 14, 07 11:27 AM CDT

      Report: Top Retailers Pay Poverty Wages

      (Newser) - On the eve of London fashion week, a new report blasts clothing retailers for turning a blind eye to the poverty-level wages of their workers. Marks&Spencer, H&M, the Gap, and others are singled out for paying garments workers in Bangladesh such low wages that the workers must rely on government food parcels or go hungry, the Guardian reports. More »

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      fashion  • poverty  • minimum wage  • The Gap  • sweatshop

  • August 2007

    • Edwards Goes All-Out in Courting Labor

      Washington Post  |  Aug 7, 07 3:50 PM CDT

      Edwards Goes All-Out in Courting Labor

      (Newser) - Even though he can’t expect broad endorsement, John Edwards is pushing hard for labor support, hoping to rack up the backing of a slew of individual unions. The Washington Post reports ahead of tonight’s AFL-CIO-sponsored Democratic forum that union backing is key to the Southerner’s strategy, even though a collective federation endorsement—which takes a two-thirds vote—is highly unlikely. More »

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      John Edwards  • John Kerry  • labor  • universal health care  • NAFTA  • unions  • minimum wage  • AFL CIO  • Richard Gephardt

    • McDonald's Plans Raise for Chinese Workers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 6, 07 7:34 PM CDT

      McDonald's Plans Raise for Chinese Workers

      (Newser) - Bowing to pressure from the state labor union and attempting to counter negative publicity, McDonald's will raise wages for its Chinese employees. The fast-food megalith will boost the pay of 45,000 full- and part-time workers by an average of 30%, the Wall Street Journal reports, and issue counter workers new uniforms they chose themselves. More »

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      China  • McDonald's  • fast food  • wages  • union  • minimum wage

  • July 2007

    • Minimum Wage Rises Today

      USA Today  |  Jul 24, 07 7:09 AM CDT

      Minimum Wage Rises Today

      (Newser) - After being frozen for a decade, the federal minimum wage jumps today from $5.15 to $5.85 an hour. It rises to $6.55 a year from today and to $7.25 when the hike is completed in 2009. The change affects only the 20 states that haven't already boosted their minimums, but opponents still worry it could hurt small businesses. More »

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      Congress  • Republicans  • Democrats  • money  • Capitol Hill  • small businesses  • minimum wage

  • May 2007

    • Congress Hikes Minimum Wage

      New York Times  |  May 25, 07 5:08 AM CDT

      Congress Hikes Minimum Wage

      (Newser) - Congress has raised the national minimum wage for the first time in 10 years, from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour. The hike, part of a compromise between the White House and Congress over Iraq funding, will take effect in three stages over the next two years. It will mean bigger paychecks for an estimated 5.6 million American workers. More »

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      Congress  • money  • labor  • Democratic Congress  • wages  • minimum wage

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