Minimum-wage jobs are mainly held by women struggling to support families on way too little. Let's guarantee these hard-working breadwinners a living wage. The first in a series of articles by Women Employed on the...
If properly designed, the president'sminimumtax could substantially improve the current system of taxing foreign profits of U.S. multinational corporations -- by both raising revenues and encouraging domestic investments.
After decades of enduring frozen wages, the nation's 3.3 million tipped workers -- most of whom are women -- may receive aminimum-pay hike. This could alleviate what economist Sylvia A. Allegretto calls an...
The federalminimumfor an hourly wage was $3.35 in 1982 and now it's $7.25, up 120 percent. Inflation, meanwhile, has climbed during that period by 135 percent. Eight states, including New York, Connecticut, and New...