Workers across the country will see their pay increase as new minimum wage laws take effect this month. The minimum wage rose ...

Eighteen months ago, at around 7 p.m. practically every night, Chloe Lawson would start a four-mile walk to Subway, where she’d work the overnight shift, earning a buck above the $7.25 federal minimum ...

State employee unions have been some of the most vocal critics of spending caps, and say they’ve led to dangerous ...

As part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and immigration bill, the Senate has approved a provision that would ...

California deployed incarcerated firefighters to combat wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. Now, a new state budget ...

The bill, which takes an incremental approach to raising the wage, passed on a party-line vote, 102-101. Whether the bill will find traction in the Republican-controlled Senate remains to be seen. The ...

Restaurant workers point out that new work requirements don’t account for the unstable hours inherent in food service.

Working recipients often don’t move off SNAP because they have large families and/or don’t earn enough to keep food on the table for the whole month. If congressional Republicans were serious about ...

Over 800,000 workers get major pay raises this July as 15 states boost minimum wages. Find out if your state is included in ...

This is a historic step for disabled Americans, and the attention is warranted. But policymakers must look beyond the repeal ...