Minimum Wage

Walmart has repeatedly supported new impositions on employers (such as minimum-wage hikes and the employer mandate in health insurance) that crush smaller competitors. (AP File)

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Retailer regulatory robbery: Corporate warfare by more violent means

Timothy P. Carney · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Democrats in Congress are preparing a new proposal to hike the minimum wage to $10.10, with the increases to come in three steps ending in 2015.

D.C. Council unanimously approves minimum wage hike

Associated Press and Ben Nuckols · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

According to Payscale.com, Walmart's cashiers on average make between $7.50 and $10.77 and sales associates make between $7.63 and $11.83. (AP File)

How D.C.’s effort to raise the minimum wage helps Walmart

Sean Higgins · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Organizers behind a series of strikes in the fast food industry over the last few months are promising another round Thursday. (AP File)

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Fast-food strikes set for Thursday

Sean Higgins · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Liberal activists across the nation have since 1994 demanded a âliving wage,â which, depending on who is doing the defining, means the amount required to cover the basic needs of an individual or family. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Heritage Foundation’s Index of Dependence exposes the ‘living wage’ lie

Editorial Writer · December 1, 2013 5:00 am

NYT: Conservative leads effort to raise minimum wage in California

Washington Examiner · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., considered a leading conservative voice within the Republican Party, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Conservatives should stop worrying and love the ‘nuclear option’

David Freddoso · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

New Jersey's minimum wage will rise by $1 to $8.25 an hour in January, and minimum wage workers will get an automatic annual cost-of-living increase after voters approved a constitutional amendment. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Massachusetts Senate approves hike in state minimum wage

Steve LeBlanc · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Union leaders, clergy and other activists are launching an effort to put a major minimum wage increase on the District of Columbia ballot.

Activists to push for $12.50 minimum wage in D.C.

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Wheelchair attendants Erick Conley, left, and Sesilia Vaitele assist a pair of passengers heading to an overseas flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Wash. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

Problematic ballots may decide fate of $15 wage in Seattle area

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Democrats in Congress are preparing a new proposal to hike the minimum wage to $10.10, with the increases to come in three steps ending in 2015.

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Democrats prepare minimum wage hike bill

Mark Tapscott · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

From left are, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Baldwin, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats considering bill to lift minimum wage by 40 percent

Susan Ferrechio · November 7, 2013 5:00 am