Near-historic price increases for basics like food and gas have drawn scrutiny to a question at the heart of the economy: How much money must a worker make to stay afloat? The price of eggs has risen ...

Andrea Muñeton has been a Head Start educator in California for 14 years. The work is important but greuling, she said, involving up to 80 hours a week of mental and physical labor that doesn’t end ...

Raising the minimum wage stands to benefit millions of American workers, supporters say, lifting them out of poverty and increasing workers’ family resources, but it has remained untouched for over a ...

The federal minimum wage has not increased in over 15 years. The federal and state minimum wages are both $7.25 an hour, ...

Hannah Bernhard, middle in black, walks with others during a rally at UMass on Thursday afternoon, at which 200 union members lobbied for better wages and full staffing. Nick Chavez, the treasurer of ...

While higher education still guarantees better wages, more educated North Texans are struggling with poverty, according to ...

The minimum wage workers at the hospital are distraught about the employer’s refusal to bargain a fair wage increase OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minimum wage. No benefits. No pension. That’s the ...

Can you afford to live in Mississippi? Most people need to make more than the federal minimum wage to afford groceries and pay bills without help. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living ...