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Minimum-wage workers face a brutal rent gap in these 7 US cities

A full-time minimum-wage worker cannot afford a typical one-bedroom apartment under the 30% affordability rule in any of the ...

A New Senate Bill Would Raise The Minimum Wage To $25 By 2039—What Workers Should Know

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2009, but a bill coming to the Senate is aiming to change that. Sen. Chris Murphy announced June 25 he would introduce a bill to raise the ...
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Minimum-wage workers across 19 states just got a raise. Economists are split on the impact. Why some argue it could cause job losses, higher prices

For workers in 19 states, the new year brought with it a pay bump in the form of increases to the minimum wage. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), more than 8.3 million U.S. workers ...
Opinion

Pennsylvania and 19 other states trap workers in poverty with a $7.25 minimum wage | Opinion

Millions of Americans in states that include Pennsylvania remain stuck at a wage floor unchanged since 2009, while childcare workers and home health aides struggle to survive on median wages barely ...