More than two hundred members of the Coalition for a Real Minimum Wage joined with low-income workers, faith leaders, women’s groups, and advocates on Wednesday, March 19, to call on State Senator Jeff Klein and Governor Cuomo to right their wrongs, and give workers a real minimum-wage increase.… Continue Reading
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When Minimum Wage Rises, Many are Left Looking Up at It
Jim Dwyer, NYT: “On Tuesday, Edgar Juarez, 36, awoke in the two-bedroom apartment that he shares with five other men on 136th Street in Manhattan. His shift in a restaurant on the Upper West Side would begin at 4 p.m., and he would stay until nearly 1 a.m. The job is dishwasher.”… Continue Reading