The California Job-Killer That Wasn’t
The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a ...
New York Post on MSN14d
California fast food restaurant owners warn that hiking $20 minimum wage will ‘cripple’ them
The union representing fast food workers wants to hike the minimum wage above $20 an hour to $20.70 an hour — which ...
Manteca Bulletin3d
Minimum wage now bumps city costs up yearly
The minimum wage went up 50 cents to $16.50 on Jan. 1. Given the City of Manteca only has a portion of its 450 fulltime workers that are part-time that have what they are paid tied to the minimum wage ...
Minimum wage increases pose major challenge for restaurant industry in blue states
Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...
37 restaurants closed in the Fresno-area in 2024. Here’s what the owners blame
Blast & Brew, formerly Piazza Del Pane, opened in northwest Fresno near Palm and Herndon avenues in 2022. It features ...
NBC Los Angeles on MSN8d
Hundreds of California inmates are fighting the Los Angeles fires. Here's how much they get paid
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
Among those fighting the Los Angeles wildfires: Prison inmates earning less than minimum wage
Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are working to extinguish the massive blaze scorching Los Angeles. Here's how much they ...
Michigan Advance7d
Minimum wages are increasing in nearly half the states this year
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per ...
Hundreds of California prisoners are fighting the LA fires, with some earning little more than $1 an hour
Hundreds of prisoners in California are helping battle the LA wildfires. Some earn $26.90 per 24-hour shift, or just over $1 ...
Tacoma prison must pay $23M for violating minimum wage, court says
The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, the only privately owned detention center in Washington, can hold up to 1,575 ...
For Just Dollars a Day, Inmates Fight California’s Fires
Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They are paid a maximum of $10.24 a day, and receive an ...