MWIG

03/25/2014

If you're in this group, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take the time to sign this petition to the MA House of Representatives!!!

How has inflation affected me? Whether you know it or not, the erosion of wages due to inflation has affected every American citizen. Most of all,...

03/13/2014

It's not just the youth working for gas money any more......minimum wage is the standard for families now, and living off of $7.25/hour in this country leaves the home begging for change: http://www.epi.org/publication/minimum-wage-good-for-families/

One common myth perpetuated by opponents of raising the minimum wage is that increasing it will mostly benefit young workers who will use the money to support discretionary spending. The reality is much different: Among workers who would be affected …

02/08/2014

The aftermath of the Great Recession has led to outright wage declines for the vast majority of American workers in recent years, resulting in a full decade of essentially stagnant wages. Though you might expect public-sector wages to have weathered …

02/08/2014

http://www.epi.org/blog/raising-maryland-minimum-wage-benefit-million/

Since the end of the Great Recession, Maryland’s economy has slowly healed. The state has gained back all of the jobs lost in the downturn, and Maryland’s unemployment rate of 6.1 percent is down significantly from its high of 8.0 …

02/05/2014

http://www.epi.org/minimum-wage-statement/

Add your signature (must have Ph.D. in Economics) Event video: Releasing the letter | Download PDF Dear Mr. President, Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Reid, Congressman Cantor, Senator McConnell, and Congresswoman Pelosi: July will mark five years since the federal minimum wage was …

12/04/2013

"Increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 by July 1, 2015, would raise the wages of about 30 million workers, who would receive over $51 billion in additional wages over the phase-in period."
http://www.epi.org/files/2013/bp357--federal-minimum-wage-increase.pdf

11/20/2013

Success in the Senate!
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/11/19/mass-senate-weighing-hike-state-minimum-wage/Nk4WOrvBgRXXb1AH1BlgYJ/story.html

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has voted to raise the state's minimum wage from $8 to $11 per hour by 2016 and tie subsequent increases to inflation.

11/19/2013

http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/18/news/companies/walmart-thanksgiving-food-drive/
Walmart does not realize the comedic value in the fact that while they refuse to pay workers above near-poverty wages, they expect the other near-poverty workers and taxpayers to make up for it!

A Wal-Mart store in Ohio is holding a canned food drive to help its workers afford Thanksgiving meals.

11/17/2013

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