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California Bureaucrats Want to Take Over Your Local Fast Food Joint

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Reason

Soaring costs could strip ‘basic dignity’ from millions in UK

Annual income survey finds national minimum wage will often fail to cover even a ‘no frills’ lifestyle

The Guardian - UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

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2 immigrant temp workers file lawsuit against Illinois staffing agency, alleging wage cuts and denied work at height of pandemic

Since migrating to the United States nearly two decades ago, Patricia Martinez, now 55, and a mother of two adult children, found a livelihood working through staffing agencies. Though some days felt heavier than others, she was grateful to have a job even if it meant earning the minimum wage.

Chicago Tribune

For job searchers, $20 per hour is the new $15

Inflation and a labor shortage pushed up wages faster than anyone could've imagined a decade ago, when Fight for $15 was founded.

Axios

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

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Where £15 per hour minimum wage would have most impact

Regional variations mean that a raise in minimum wage would impact more full-time workers in some regions of the UK than others

Wales Online

Business lobby calls to open temporary skilled migration to all jobs earning more than $90,000

Business Council of Australia also calls for migrant intake boost as Greens set up Senate standoff to raise wages in female-dominated industries

The Guardian - AU

Greens want pay rises for women and minimum wage earners in exchange for supporting jobs summit outcomes

The Greens declare they will push for additional pay rises for workers on the minimum wage and those in women-dominated industries in exchange for supporting any legislative proposals stemming from the government's jobs summit.

ABC News

A £15 national minimum wage won't tackle the cost of living crisis — an economist explains why

Since it was introduced 23 years ago, the national minimum wage has raised the incomes of millions of Britons and reduced inequality.

The Conversation

Daily minimum wage to rise by 5% from Oct 1

Thailand’s daily minimum wage, frozen since January 2020, is set to rise by an average of 5% from Oct 1 to help workers cope with inflation that is near a 14-year high.

Bangkok Post

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

£15 per hour minimum wage would impact half of Scottish workforce

One union has called for the minimum wage to be increased across the country

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Edinburgh Live

Calls for Government to raise minimum wage to £15 per hour 'as soon as possible'

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is calling for the the minimum wage to increase to £15 as regular pay has only increased 4.7 per cent while the rate of inflation hit 10.1 per cent.

Chronicle Live

Trades Union Congress calls for minimum wage to be raised to £15 an hour for all workers

Trade union bosses have called on the Government to draw up plans to give families 'long-term financial security'

The Conversation

Criminal barrister strike is no surprise – their pay can start at less than minimum wage

Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted in favour of an all-out, indefinite strike after years of declining pay. This industrial action will begin in the first week of September and escalates existing instances of withdrawn labour in relation to cases funded by criminal legal aid.

The Independent UK

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TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

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Liverpool Echo

Minimum wage should be increased to £15 an hour 'as soon as possible'

The current minimum wage for workers aged 23 and over is £9.50

Daily Mirror

Raise minimum wage to £15 an hour as low-paid pushed to 'brink', TUC warns

TUC boss Frances O'Grady warned that millions of low-paid workers 'live wage packet to wage packet' and they are now being 'pushed to the brink by eye-watering bills and soaring prices'

The Independent UK

Cost of living news – live: Calls for £15 minimum wage as energy price cap to rise

Trade Unions Congress calls for change for lowest-paid workers ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

Cost of living news: London bus drivers latest to strike in call for pay rise

It comes as new energy price cap expected later this week

The Independent UK

TUC unveils plan for £15 minimum wage as cost-of-living crisis bites

Government promise of ‘high wage economy’ needs more than ‘wishful thinking’, unions say

Bangkok Post

Parsing the minimum wage hike debate

As Thai workers feel the pinch of soaring living expenses, the government has announced plans to raise the daily minimum wage by October to help alleviate the burden. However, some analysts argue the key to raising the quality of the Thai workforce lies in productivity.

The Guardian - UK

TUC picks opportune moment to call for rise in minimum wage

Analysis: £15 an hour is ‘logical next step’ amid cost of living crisis but neither Labour or Tories likely to back campaign

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