Por: Portland Press Herald Business September 16, 2023
New federal labor data has prompted the state to set the minimum wage for Maine at $14.15 starting in January. The current rate is $13.80. In 2016, Maine laying out a schedule to increase minimum wages for four years, and then pegging future increases to the federal cost-of-living index. Between August of 2022 and August of this year, that index rose 2.4% for the Northeast. Additionally, the new “tip wage,” or service employee minimum wage,... + full article
WPTV USA Nation August 21, 2023
Chicago officials are considering raising the minimum wage for tipped employees as part of a proposal that could alter the restaurant industry. Last month, that would put the city's minimum wage for tipped employees on the same level as non-tipped employees. The bill... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation June 13, 2023
A proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in January squeaked through the House of Representatives by a single vote late Monday night. The bill, , sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Collings, D-Portland, was recommended by the Labor and House Committee in a... + más
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10 WBNS USA Politics April 25, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While concerns grow over the rising cost of living sweeping the nation, one committee in Ohio is focused on helping workers across the state by pushing to raise the minimum wage. Raise the Wage Ohio Coalition launched its ballot measure signature collection... + más
Portland Press Herald USA Business January 02, 2023
The new year brings a gift to low-wage workers in Maine. The state’s minimum wage jumped from $12.75 to $13.80 an hour on Jan. 1, and in Portland, the minimum increased from $13 to $14 an hour. Minimum wage workers clocking 40 hours a week under the new state minimum will earn... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Nation December 29, 2022
A new coronavirus variant dubbed XBB has swiftly spreading in the Northeast, jumping from about 35 percent of cases during the week ending Dec. 17 to just over half of cases last week, according to .Here’s a quick primer on what we know about the variant.It is more... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 28, 2022
Hillary Clinton is urging Portlanders to vote ‘yes’ on Question D, the citizen referendum that would increase the minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2025 and eliminate the tip credit. “Too many people are being priced out of Portland and so many other places because they... + más
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NBC 6 South Florida USA World October 17, 2022
James Leynse Corbis Historical Getty Images In many major U.S. cities, minimum wage workers need to clock in over 50 hours each week just to be able to afford rent on a one-bedroom home, a recent found. In New York City, minimum wage earners would need to work 111 hours to... + más
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