Tag: $15 minimum wage
MN Grocery Store Employees Deemed COVID-19 Emergency Workers
Grocery store employees in Minnesota have been deemed emergency workers and are now entitled to free childcare while the state's schools are closed due...
MN Chamber of Commerce Sues Minneapolis Over Minimum Wage Hike
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce is suing Minneapolis over the city’s ordinance raising minimum wage to $15 an hour.
In June, the Minneapolis...
St. Paul Cafeteria Workers to Get $15 Minimum Wage By 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Lunch workers at St. Paul Public Schools have reached a deal to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour...
Small Business Closes After $15 Min. Wage Fail
MINNEAPOLIS -- The city of Minneapolis is starting to see the effects the fight for $15 minimum wage is having on small businesses.
Byte,...
Minimum Wage Has Unintended Consequences
SEATTLE -- New findings on the negative effect of an increased minimum wage on Seattle workers may have a significant impact on the debate...
“Hold the fries, Make our wages super-sized”
MINNEAPOLIS- A public hearing for the establishment of a $15 minimum wage ordinance in Minneapolis was held at city hall on Thursday.
The ordinance discussed...
Minneapolis Releases Draft of $15 Minimum Wage Ordinance
MINNEAPOLIS - On Tuesday, Minneapolis City Council members presented the details of their plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
The...
Minneapolis Mayor Hodges Urges for Higher Minimum Wage for City
“I refuse to give up on the longer-term goal of a higher regional wage, even in the painful, new political context of Donald Trump...
“Day of Disruption” For Higher Minimum Wage Sweeps Twin Cities
Throughout the Twin Cities today, workers fighting for a higher minimum wage are staging rallies and protests on what has been designated a “Day...
MN Supreme Court Nixes Putting $15 Minimum Wage on the Ballot
Minneapolis, MN - After weeks of decision makers going back and forth on whether or not Minneapolis will vote on a $15 minimum wage...