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Minimum wage
Obama pushes for more overtime pay
Mar 12, 2014
Wages haven’t really increased in the last 20 years--a look at how and why companies are keeping wages low
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Checking in on President Obama's pay hike request
Feb 20, 2014
President Barack Obama has proposed raising the federal minimum hourly wage. He also asked companies to pay more.
PODCAST: A higher minimum wage
Feb 19, 2014
Will raising the minimum wage hurt jobs or reduce poverty? A new report says: both.
$10.10: Just a nice even number?
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Adriene Hill
Jan 28, 2014
Why did President Obama choose $10.10 as the new minimum wage for federal contractors? And, wait, which federal workers are paid minimum wage?
As fast food workers go on strike, Obama argues for increasing minimum wage
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Krissy Clark
Dec 5, 2013
Fast food workers across America are striking today, asking for $15 an hour. Their employers may not be sympathetic to their cause, but they have a friend in the White House.
Fast food workers call for a minimum wage hike
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Kai Ryssdal
Dec 4, 2013
President Obama wants to raise the minimum wage. Good idea?
For public good, not for profit.
Fast food strike: Of walk outs and drive-throughs
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Krissy Clark
Aug 29, 2013
Fast food workers across the country are walking off the job today. Workers are demanding $15 an hour.
McDonald's tries to help employees budget
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Katie Long
Jul 16, 2013
McDonald's teamed up with Visa to create an online budget guide assisting employees with money management.
Stuck in a labor trap: More from ProPublica
Apr 29, 2013
ProPublica and Marketplace team up for a special investigation into an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge worker fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.