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President Obama on Thursday declared that the nation is “poised for progress” but called on Congress to help strengthen the middle class by promoting economic polices he proposed in his State of the Union address in February. In a 20-minute speech at a technology school outside of Austin, Texas, Obama — who has been focused […]

By Pat Vaughn  For folks too young or too unaware what has happened to our economy the past 30 years, here is an answer. Ronald Reagan, G.H.W. Bush and the Republican Party are responsible for what we know as “Reaganomics,” an economy that continues today resulting in few “labor unions” and the resulting low wages and […]

Since the dawn of man (or, perhaps capitalism), workers and management have disagreed on the impact of raising wages. For workers making less than $10 an hour, a few extra bucks a week can make a huge difference in terms of quality of life.  Management, on the other hand, predictably suggests that raising wages kills […]

By Daniel Kopin There was an ominous silence after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finished asking Dr. Arindrajit Dube her question. “If we started in 1960 and we said that as productivity goes up — that is, as workers are producing more — then the minimum wage is going to go up [at] the same [rate],” […]

Letter to the Editor Michael Saltsman argues that increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a “job killer” (“’The fight for $15’ is a job killer,” Columns, May 2). The cost of this raise, he maintains, will accelerate the employers’ purchase of technology that will eliminate jobs. I have three issues with his […]

  By Holly Sklar Do you think a national poll of small business owners would show majority support for increasing the minimum wage? How about a poll in which the small business owners were predominately Republican? Well, 67 percent of small business owners support increasing the federal minimum wage and adjusting it yearly to keep […]