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Atlantic City Casino Workers Seal Labor Pacts With MGM, Caesars

The Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino workers union has reached an agreement with MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) and Caesars Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:CZR). The agreements reached are likely to prevent strikes at MGM Resorts’ Borgata casino and Caesars Entertainment’s Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana properties. Unite Here Local 54 union organizers have been asking for a pay raise…

Benzinga

‘Check your check’: Minimum wage increases Friday in Chicago and Cook County

“To Chicago’s businesses, I want to say loud and clear: Labor laws are not optional. We will hold you accountable,” said a city official on consumer protection.

Chicago Sun-Times

Unions demand minimum wage of about ₹31,000 and employers say it is too high

All eyes now on the Karnataka government which has to agree on the quantum of wage revision

The Hindu

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July 1 changes: Power bills to soar and minimum wage to rise in new financial year

The end of the financial year is upon us, and as usual there’s a raft of July 1 changes coming, such as power bill increases and a hike to the minimum wage.

The New Daily

Pay rise won 'for those who kept us going'

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the new Labor government has fought for the minimum wage rise up to 2.8 million Australians will receive from July 1.

AAP

Pay rise won ‘for those who kept us going’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the new Labor government has fought for the minimum wage rise up to 2.8 million Australians will receive from July 1.

Crikey

Connecticut’s minimum wage rises again, to $14 an hour July 1. It won’t be the last increase

Connecticut’s minimum wage rises to $14 an hour July 1, up $1 and cheering low-wage workers while adding to business owners’ worries about labor shortages and inflation.

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"I'm on less than minimum wage..." Manchester's courts grind to a halt after barristers walk out in pay row

Placards were held with slogans including 'crime doesn't pay', 'no legal aid cuts' and 'save British justice'

Manchester Evening News

Guardian Essential poll: voters back minimum wage rise but divided on Labor’s climate target

A third of respondents think Albanese should adopt a more ambitious emissions target, while nearly half blame the Coalition’s climate wars for the energy crisis

The Guardian - AU

Barristers walk out of Bristol Crown Court in dispute with Government over 'below minimum wage' pay

"We became barristers because we believe in justice. Our system exists to ensure that the guilty are punished and that the innocent are acquitted"

Bristol Post

Britain’s hidden online ‘microworkers’ paid less than £4 an hour

Call to name and shame firms paying below the minimum wage for gig economy tasks like data entry

The Guardian - UK

What does the Reserve Bank’s 3.5% pay rise ‘anchor’ mean for Australian workers?

Inflation is predicted to reach 7% by year’s end but the RBA’s Philip Lowe says wages growth of about 3.5% will keep economy moving

The Guardian - AU

Exhausted US airport workers see hope in minimum wage bill as summer of travel chaos looms

Bill would raise the minimum wage for US airport workers at a time when the travel industry in the US is in a deep crisis

The Guardian - US

WA workers on minimum wage to get 5.2 per cent pay rise to help with cost of living

WA's lowest paid workers will get an extra $40.90 per week, following a decision by the WA Industrial Relations Commission to hike pay rates by 5.25 per cent.

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Domestic violence help on the line in the NT with minimum wage increase set to stretch budgets more

The minimum wage rise announced this week means essential domestic violence services in the Northern Territory, crucial for women and children fleeing violence, are in jeopardy as already tight budgets are put under more pressure.

The Conversation

How are PhD students meant to survive on two-thirds of the minimum wage?

Over the decades, supportive parents of Australian students on the cusp of graduating from their undergraduate studies have occasionally been struck by a bewildering decision by their pride and joy. Instead of pursuing an appetising salary in a prestigious company, their student has instead decided to do the unthinkable: they’re…

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Taiwan’s Lost Growth (Part 2): How Stagnant Wages are Throttling the Economy

Taiwan has one of the lowest GDP growths since 1995 among emerging economies. This is not going to change if wages don’t grow.

ABC News

Minimum wage rise will 'flow up' to all workers and fuel inflation, businesses warns

It may be good news for those on the receiving end, but business groups warn the minimum wage rise announced yesterday will flow on to other workers, adding "fuel to the inflation fire".

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The Canberra Times

Minimum wage rise a fair boost for those who need it the most

While the percentage has been criticised by employers, the quantum is quite small. It is just one dollar an hour more or an extra $40 a week.

Irish Mirror

All you need to know about Ireland’s incoming minimum wage changes from potential start date to new rate

Changes were announced by Tanaiste Leo Varadkar on Tuesday afternoon as the first details of a pay boost were revealed

The New Daily

Minimum wage increase a rare bright spot for workers

The Fair Work Commission decision to increase the minimum wage by 5.2 per cent is a rare bright spot for workers in what has been a terrible decade.

The Canberra Times

'It's about survival': Businesses wary of wage hike flow-on effects

Some businesses will have no choice but to pass on costs to consumers, Canberra's Business Chamber says.

The National (Scotland)

Smart policies from neighbouring countries that we could replicate with independence

THE UK's performance was ranked against 10 neighbouring countries in the first indy paper, what else can we learn from their progressive policies?

The Guardian - AU

Workers and their wages are the collateral damage of the war on inflation

What a wonderful world we live in where a wage rise below inflation will apparently cause greater inflation!

Crikey

Minimum wage rise the right decision: PM

Despite business concern over a rise in the minimum wage, the prime minister says the move was the correct one.

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