For years, Congress and elected officials across the country have sidestepped one of the clearest economic problems facing ...

A new book reframes the affordability debate: the problem isn’t just prices alone, but persistently low wages.

Edith Rangel is one of 250 permanent employees who will benefit from an increase in the San Diego Community College District’s minimum wage increase. Photo credit: Courtesy, SDCCD The San Diego ...

The last time the federal minimum wage increased, Barack Obama had just taken office, the iPhone 3GS was the hot new gadget and you could still rent DVDs at Blockbuster. Since July 2009, the number ...

or nearly 90 years, the minimum wage has been one of the core labor standards shaping job quality for workers in the United ...

I just read a letter to the editor, “Hurt by minimum-wage laws” (July 13). This letter struck me as a perfect example of a person stating an objection to something, the minimum wage, and trying to ...

This July marks 15 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased. Given the federal wage floor is not indexed to inflation, nor any other measure such as productivity growth, it’s been stuck ...

Amid the ongoing affordability crisis, Representatives in Congress have introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009.

Hundreds of thousands of workers across more than a dozen cities and states will soon receive higher pay, thanks to minimum wage hikes set to take effect July 1. More than 800,000 workers in two ...

Albuquerque City Council will vote on a proposal to raise the minimum wage from $12 to $15 an hour, sparking debate over its potential impact on affordability and small businesses.