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 ...

Nearly half of the country plans to raise the minimum wage in various states, but Tennessee has a history of not raising its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Virginia's poorest workers need a raise. The state's hourly minimum wage of $5.15 has not changed since 1997, although inflation has eroded its value by 17 percent since then. Minimum-wage earners in ...