Tag: minimum wage
UCR students must support AFSCME Local 3299 members
On Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME Local...
California Pizza Hut’s layoffs ahead of wage hikes are a warning...
Assembly Bill 1228 enforces a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers, an increase of $4.50 from previous wages, effective April 1. Every worker deserves...
Low-income Americans can barely afford to survive as the cost of...
The cost of living in the United States has left many with a sense of hopelessness; the pandemic, unemployment and housing shortage has middle...
We missed out on the $15 minimum wage increase
Joe Biden’s presidency offered hope for extensive change in the nation. One of the many measures that we looked forward to was the American...
Price regulation will stop inflation in response to minimum wage increases
In order to not render minimum wage increases ineffective, America must regulate prices in all industries. This is not a novel concept in American...
What you should expect to see on the 2016 ballot
November 2016 marks the next major election and is set to feature a few new measures and potentially many more to be voted on...
Editorial: Pay our student athletes
Samantha Sackos worked at her university’s athletics department for four years. In her position and others like it, people frequently work over 40 hours...
Gov. Brown passes law to increase minimum wage
Gov. Jerry Brown recently passed a bill that will raise the minimum wage in California from $8 to $10 an hour by 2016. The...