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California entrepreneur who led minimum wage measure 'disappointed' by defeat, vows to fight for working class
The backer of California's recently defeated minimum wage measure said he was "disappointed" but vowed to keep advocating for higher wages.
California voters reject ballot measure to increase the state's minimum wage
Voters in California have narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have gradually increased the minimum wage in the state to $18 per hour, NBC News projects.
California voters reject Proposition 32's minimum wage increase, CBS News projects
California voters rejected Proposition 32, which would have raised minimum wage to $18 an hour, CBS News projects. In the last decade, the state has doubled its minimum wage rate from $8 to $16 an hour.
Opponents of failed California measure to raise minimum wage say voters 'made the right call'
California voters narrowly defeated a measure to raise the minimum wage, which would have exacerbated inflation, opponents of the ballot initiative said.
California Bucks Alaska and Missouri by Rejecting Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative
Californians have voted against increasing the state's minimum wage, despite raising that of fast food workers to $20 per hour with Assembly Bill 1228 in
Californians turn down minimum-wage increase
Prop 32, which would have brought the state’s minimum wage up to $18 per hour, was the first minimum-wage measure to lose at the ballot in almost three decades.
California voters narrowly reject $18 minimum wage; first such no-vote nationwide since 1996
California voters narrowly rejected a minimum wage hike to $18, by a reported margin of 51-49, marking the first such failure of that type of ballot initiative since 1996.
California Voters Reject $18 Minimum Wage Ballot Measure, Marks First Time A State Failed To Raise Minimum Wage In Nearly 30 Years
California voters have rejected a ballot measure to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, marking the first time any state has failed to raise the statewide minimum wage since 1996, nearly 30 years ago.
Yahoo News18h
Some Red States Vote to Up Minimum Wages; Blue States Fail Increased Wage Proposals
Perhaps the most widely discussed minimum wage proposal was California’s Proposition 32, which would have increased that ...
Tennessean11d
Opinion: Lawmakers, don't water down minimum wage increase, paid sick time
I'm the executive director of Mothering Justice, and along with a coalition of workers' rights advocates, we successfully ...
Erdogan Pledges Minimum Wage Hike Will Outpace Inflation in 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged that minimum wage increases will continue to outpace inflation next year and ...
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Voters deliver mixed verdicts on increasing minimum wage, but support paid sick leave
Voters in two red states agreed to increase their minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour and to require employers to give ...
The New York Times Claimed D.C.'s Minimum Wage Hike Created Jobs. We Exposed Their Error.
This would be just an embarrassing error, except that by the time the paper corrected the figures, the labor group that ...
Ethiopian6h
Setting a prudent, stakeholder-driven minimum wage
A parliamentary hearing this week once again brought the establishment of a minimum wage in Ethiopia to the fore. Ever since ...
Daily Post Nigeria8h
Minimum wage: Zamfara NLC threatens indefinite strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Zamfara State Council has unanimously resolved to demand the immediate implementation of ...
Wall Street Journal2d
The Minimum Wage Loses
The Associated Press reported this week that a California initiative to raise the minimum wage to $18 an hour failed ...