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Bettie Douglas has worked at a McDonald’s in St. Louis for 10 years. For the last three months, she’s made $ 10 per hour. On Monday, when she got to work, she was working for $ 7.90 per hour. Douglas didn’t get demoted, she isn’t in trouble with her bosses, and she didn’t change jobs. […]
Seattle’s decision to hike its minimum wage up to $ 13 an hour—on its way to $ 15—ended up costing its low-wage workers time on the job, hundreds of dollars of annual income, and a shot at a better livelihood. That is a reasonable conclusion one could draw from a blockbuster, if not yet peer-reviewed, […]
For restaurant workers, especially kitchen staff who don’t receive tips, a boost in the minimum wage is usually welcome. But restaurant owners don’t always see it that way. They often argue that raising the price floor for labor can cause businesses running tight margins—as many restaurants do—to shutter. A new study from Harvard University in […]
