tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post5909465847999243410..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: The Minimum Wage FarceBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-59141287728533200862015-12-23T08:37:03.672-08:002015-12-23T08:37:03.672-08:00New Pew Research Poll:
Only 20 percent of America...New Pew Research Poll:<br /><br />Only 20 percent of Americans believe the economy will improve over the next year, less than a year ago when 31 percent once believed the economy would improve over the next year. <br /><br />Only 41 percent say that plenty of jobs exist in their communities<br /><br />81.8 million wage earners (52.5%) earn less than $30,000 a year — and of those, according to Pew, a whopping 68 percent feel they’re falling behind. <br /><br />73 percent of total respondents support raising the minimum wage.<br /><br />Pew Poll:<br />http://www.people-press.org/2015/12/22/as-election-year-nears-public-sees-mixed-economic-picture/<br /><br />Wage Data:<br />https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2013Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-49432916525246968852015-12-23T04:11:25.911-08:002015-12-23T04:11:25.911-08:00SEIU's Fight for $15 couldn't get McDonald...SEIU's Fight for $15 couldn't get McDonald's to the bargaining table in 2015, but it won a $15 hourly wage minimum in fourteen states and cities. But even so, SEUI enodorsed Hillary Clinton (who suggested $12 an hour) rather than Bernie Sanders (who asked for $15 an hour). Tech companies like Facebook and Google also instituted a $15 wage requirement for employees of their contractors. Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-12782915561104079762015-12-08T21:50:19.815-08:002015-12-08T21:50:19.815-08:00IRLE WORKING PAPER #124-15
Are Local Minimum Wag...IRLE WORKING PAPER #124-15 <br /><br />Are Local Minimum Wages Absorbed by Price Increases? (December 2015 by Sylvia Allegretto and Michael Reich) <br /><br />"Minimum wage policies need not result in negative employment effects or shifts of economic activity to nearby areas."<br /><br />http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/workingpapers/124-15.pdfBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com