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California Becomes First State in Decades to Vote Down Minimum Wage Increase

California residents voted against raising the state's minimum wage to $18 an hour, marking the first such failure in the U.S. since 1996.

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California voters reject $18 minimum wage ballot measure

State narrowly votes against measure that would have benefited 2 million workers

The Guardian - US

California Bucks Alaska and Missouri by Rejecting Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative

The Democratic state displayed more economic literacy than its Republican counterparts.

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California Voters Reject Minimum Wage Increase Measure

California voters reject /hr minimum wage increase proposal, citing economic concerns and potential job cuts.

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California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour

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Abolish the Federal Minimum Wage

There is a "virtual consensus" among economists that the minimum wage puts people out of work.

Reason

UK disability charities say NICs rise will cause ‘life-changing’ cuts

Groups providing vital services say impact of tax and minimum wage rises will lead to cutbacks

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How the Democratic Party lost American workers: It’s the minimum wage, stupid

Harris promised to raise the minimum wage and decried the current $7.25 an hour as 'poverty wages' with only two weeks left to go in the campaign.

Fortune

The progressive sales pitch problem

Trump voters backed abortion, minimum wage and family leave — but don't get that Project 2025 would take it away

Salon

BT says budget is set to cost it £100m as it reveals 2,000 more jobs have gone

Firm says changes to employers’ national insurance and minimum wage rise will add to costs as it cuts forecasts

The Guardian - UK

‘Red’ US states pass progressive laws while ‘blue’ states vote for conservative measures

Missouri, which voted for Trump, backed increasing minimum wage, while blue California said yes for a tough-on-crime proposition

The Guardian - US

‘We are not defeated’: US labor unions react to Harris election loss

AFL-CIO said unions spoke to most voters in federation history and saw gains such as minimum wage raises

The Guardian - US

M&S profits rise but retailer warns of £60m hit from Reeves’s budget

Concerns over increase in national insurance contributions and minimum wage on customers and suppliers

The Guardian - UK

Wetherspoon’s boss warns of pub price rises as result of Labour budget

Tim Martin blamed increases to the minimum wage and employers’ national insurance contributions

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California Voters To Decide On Minimum Wage Increase

California voters are considering Proposition 32 to raise the state's minimum wage to per hour, impacting 2 million workers and sparking debate on econ...

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‘They’ve won me over’: chancellor’s constituents welcome budget

Rises in state pension and minimum wage garner praise from Rachel Reeves’s constituents

The Independent UK

Voices: Skint? Tired of renting? Here’s what Rachel Reeves is doing for Gen Z…

COMMENT : Will a bump in the minimum wage and stamp duty changes that affect first-time buyers really help a generation who can barely afford to pay the rent? Perhaps, says personal finance influencer Kia Commodore

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What Labour’s first budget means for wages, taxes, business, the NHS and plans to grow the economy – experts explain

For the first time in 14 years, it was a Labour chancellor who delivered the UK budget. And for the first time ever, that chancellor was a woman. But Rachel Reeves faces an almighty task: plugging a £40 billion spending gap in the knowledge that pre-election promises not to raise…

The Independent UK

Reeves goes after employers with young workers the clear winners

The minimum wage for 18 to 20-year-olds will rise 16 per cent to £10 as part of a plan to equalise the rate with older earners

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