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Restaurant association offers alternative to ending subminimum wage for tipped workers

Impose stiff fines on restaurants that don’t pay the difference when their subminimum wage workers don’t make enough in tips to reach the $15.80 minimum wage, restaurant association chief suggests.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect hit with lawsuit over $70k in unpaid wages at architecture firm

The 59-year-old accused serial killer allegedly paid a former executive assistant at his architecture firm less than minimum wage

The Independent UK

95% of councils struggle to recruit childcare workers – despite Hunt’s flagship pledge to boost workforce

Chancellor urged to stop ignoring ‘Cinderella sector’ and bring in £15-an-hour minimum wage for staff

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Labour’s backtracking on casual workers will weaken the rights of all employees

The party wants to look business-friendly but risks condemning even more people to living precariously

The Guardian - UK

60 years after March on Washington, America needs honest talk on racial equality

Overt racial discrimination has been outlawed, but the economic demands of the march — for jobs and a livable minimum wage — are unmet.

Chicago Sun-Times

Minneapolis mayor vetoes measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers

Minneapolis' mayor has vetoed a minimum wage for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers in the city

The Independent UK

Lyft and Uber threaten to leave Minneapolis unless mayor vetoes bill giving drivers a minimum wage

It’s not the first time they’ve made this threat.

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Chicago hotel workers OK new contract

The agreement raises the minimum wage for non-tipped workers to $25 an hour, up $2 from the previous contract.

Chicago Sun-Times

Americans Aren't Buying 'Bidenomics'

Plus: Idaho can't enforce ban on transgender girls playing on female sports teams, Minneapolis may mandate minimum wage for ride-share drivers, and more...

Reason

Minneapolis advances measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers

Minneapolis City Council members have narrowly passed a measure that would establish a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers

The Independent UK

Bernie Sanders Introduces a Bill To Raise Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028

The proposal would raise the federal minimum wage by 134 percent.

Reason

We last raised the US federal minimum wage 14 years ago. This is unacceptable

The minimum has been an unlivable $7.25 an hour under three presidents. Today’s wage is worth less than at any point since 1956

The Guardian - US

How the national minimum wage has effectively legitimised low pay in a generation

TWENTY-FIVE years ago this month the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was passed, receiving royal assent to go on the statute book on July 31, 1998.…

The National (Scotland)

For sake of small restaurants, go slow on getting rid of subminimum wage

Not every restaurant, especially Chicago’s small neighborhood gems, can afford the higher pay for workers, perhaps even two years from now.

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The Guardian - US

Chicago aims to boost pay for thousands of restaurant workers

Advocates hail potential for ‘historic moment’ as city council bill bids to increase pay from $9.48 an hour for tipped employees

Tribune News Service

Raising minimum wage benefits health of poor mothers and their babies, study finds

Raising the hourly minimum wage holds unexpected benefits for low-income pregnant women and their children, with increases as small as $1 helping to fend off events linked to poor health, researchers found.

The Guardian - UK

‘Suit up for the backlash!’: The battle to regulate New York’s gig economy

The progressive politician Brad Lander says his attempts to establish a minimum wage for food delivery workers have met well-funded resistance from the sector’s leading companies

The Guardian - UK

Former Uber driver wins payout of £20,000 owed for more than seven years

James Farrar pursued ride-hailing firm for holiday pay and minimum wage after 2021 supreme court ruling

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Manchester Evening News

The Ivy responds after restaurant staff claim share of tips have been cut

‘The prices on the menu have increased but staff are getting less’

The Guardian - US

Tech companies block wage increase for New York City delivery workers

Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay claim in lawsuits that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business

The Guardian - UK

Ivy staff anger after restaurant chain cuts their share of service charge

Workers at Ivy Collection claim move offsets gains made from UK minimum wage rise

Tribune News Service

New minimum wage rule for NYC food delivery workers temporarily halted by judge

A New York state judge issued a temporary halt to a new city law scheduled to go into effect next week, which requires minimum wage payments for app-based food delivery workers.

Salon

Delivery apps sue NYC over wage increase

The new minimum wage would be nearly triple the current rate of $7, excluding tips

France 24

Yellen says decoupling of US and Chinese economies 'impossible'

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with Chinese economic officials and US business leaders on Friday as she tries to soothe mounting tensions between the world's two largest economies. Also, Twitter threatens legal action over Meta's new "Threads" app, and delivery app firms sue New York City over a minimum…

Tribune News Service

Door Dash, Uber sue NYC to halt minimum wage increase for food delivery drivers

NEW YORK — A new law raising the minimum wage for food delivery drivers in New York City hit a speed bump Thursday when the parent companies of Uber Eats, Doordash and other food delivery apps filed lawsuits contesting it in New York state court.

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