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Big win for Brandon Johnson, tipped restaurant workers as City Council approves phased elimination of subminimum wage

Council members backed the new law, which supporters say levels the economic playing field for waitstaff in Chicago’s world-class culinary scene.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2023

V/Line security guards claim they're being underpaid

Security guards contracted to work for V/Line allege they have been paid eight per cent below the award rate, which places them below minimum wage.

AAP · Oct 6, 2023

Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach

Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

Why eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers matters so much to women

Women make up 70% of the wait staff in Chicago, and of 746 occupations analyzed recently, wait staff had the lowest median annual earnings, just $21,000.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 1, 2023

California raises minimum wage to $20

The change, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, will go into effect in 2024.

Salon · Sep 29, 2023

What is the minimum wage in different states across the US?

Here is everything you need to know about state minimum wage laws in some states across the US

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

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Reason · Sep 29, 2023

Florida minimum wage to increase from $11 to $12 on Sept. 30

Florida’s minimum wage will increase by $1, from $11.00 per hour to $12.00 per hour, on Sept. 30, 2023.

Ballotpedia · Sep 29, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Low-wage workers say minimum wage hike in Kentucky would ‘help tremendously’

It’s not easy to find folks who make the minimum wage – even in convenience stores, where you might expect to. Estimates of the number of Kentuckians who make $7.25 an hour range from 5- to 12-thousand. Perhaps those relatively low numbers explain why groups like the Kentucky Center for…

WEKU · Sep 28, 2023