As wages of American workers continue to sag, campaigns to raise the minimum wage in Congress and in cities and states across the country are gearing up. Business lobbies will bring out the same old arguments – that raising the minimum wage will kill jobs, will destroy the fast food industry and wreck the economy. [...]
Cross-posted from CryWolfProject.org. An apple a day and eating your peas led to good health, we once thought. Now, according to major food manufacturers, fruits and vegetables are “job killers” that will devastate the American economy. In April of this year, the Federal Trade Commission, along with three other Federal agencies (FDA, CDC and USDA), [...]
The boldest attack on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Voter Initiative isn’t from the Chamber of Commerce. With large majorities supporting the November 2011 ballot measure, opponents know they have to do more than simply argue against the common sense notion that people shouldn’t go to work sick. They need to find other ways [...]
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