Laura Huizar on Efforts to Raise the Minimum Wage
National Employment Law Project’s Laura Huizar talked about efforts on both the state and local levels to raise the minimum wage.
442 viewsNational Employment Law Project’s Laura Huizar talked about efforts on both the state and local levels to raise the minimum wage.
442 viewsViewers answered the question, “What do you think about 21 states raising the minimum wage in 2020?”
372 viewsViewers answered the question, “What do you think about 21 states raising the minimum wage in 2020?”
737 viewsViewers responded to the House vote to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
767 viewsRepresentative Dan Meuser (R-PA) offered a motion to add language to the minimum wage bill that would exempt certain small businesses from the increase.
212 viewsRepresentative Tim Burchett (R-TN) talked about the House vote to raise the federal minimum wage and the debate over government spending.
380 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a press event prior to the House vote on H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
620 viewsEconomic Policy Institute’s Heidi Shierholz and Mercatus Center’s Michael Farren talked about the pros and cons of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. This program was part of C-SPAN’s…
610 viewsExecutives from IBM, JP Morgan and Wal-Mart were among the speakers at an American Enterprise Institute-hosted discussion on worker wages and benefits. They talked about ways large…
283 viewsMichael Farren talked about the debate over raising the minimum wage and his belief that increasing it could have unintended consequences for workers.
656 viewsBen Zipperer talked about minimum wage laws. Topics included minimum wage increases passed by cites and reaction from some state legislatures to those increases, and studies on the effects of the…
598 viewsDavid Cooper and Veronique de Rugy debated issues related to raising the minimum wage.
795 viewsDavid Rolf talked about his book The Fight for Fifteen: The Right Wage for a Working America, in which he looks at the movement to increase wages for workers. Mr. Wolf talked about the…
781 viewsDon Watkins talked about his book Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality, in which he discusses income inequality and argues that a minimum wage is harmful to the…
2,635 viewsThe “Fight for $15” movement held its first ever nationwide convention in Richmond, Virginia where workers from various industries called for the raising of the minimum wage to $15 an hour…
541 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer responses to the question, "Should the federal minimum wage be raised?" The Wall Street Journal's Melanie Trottman spoke by phone about Republican…
473 viewsIn his weekly address, President Obama recognized all mothers in celebration of the upcoming Mother’s Day, and gave thanks to his wife and mother-in-law for their role in raising his daughters.…
225 viewsSabrina Schaeffer talked about the Independent Women’s Forum’s policy proposals in their recent report, Working for Women: A Modern Agenda for Improving Women’s Lives, such as on paid…
343 viewsDavid Cooper and James Sherk talked about how increases in the minimum wage at state and local levels would affect local economies and businesses and the effect on workers' standards of…
1,182 viewsNews headlines were read and phone lines were open for viewer calls on the question: “Should the minimum wage be raised to $15 an hour?”
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