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Childcare workers could be one of the many who benefit most from a $15 minimum wage increase.

US Economy 2021: How A Minimum Wage Increase Could Benefit Childcare Workers 06/09/21 AT 6:58 PM While nearly 40 economies around the world have introduced leave or benefit policies to help parents with childcare, 100 do not have laws requiring men and women to receive equal pay for equal jobs, according to a 2021 World Bank report Photo: AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE A new report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI) revealed that the proposed raise in the minimum wage from ...

Increasing Minimum Wage to $15 Would Raise Pay for Half a Million Child Care Workers, Report Finds On 6/9/21 at 11:48 AM EDT More than a half-million child care workers would see a pay raise if the minimum wage was increased to $15 per hour, according to a new report. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that more 43.5 percent of child care workers, or 560,000 people, would benefit from the minimum wage being bumped to $15 per hour in the next four years. Roughly 95 percent of the child ca...

Wage increases would primarily benefit women and minorities since 95% of child-care workers are women and 36% are Black or Hispanic.  EPIs latest research is based on proposed legislation, the 2021 Raise the Wage Act, which was re-introduced in the Senate by Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., earlier this year. The proposed bill would raise minimum wages from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2025.  However, the bill currently only has a 1% chance of being enacted, Skopos Labs estimates. "Child-care workers deser...

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Presented by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the program served up four recent works by American composers.

Adrienne Warren, NY Philharmonic & More Announced for Bryant Park Picnic Performances 2021 Summer Lineup See twenty-five live music, dance and theater events for a free, ticketed audience at midtown Manhattans Bryant Park.by BWW News Desk Bryant Park Corporation has announced the current programming schedule for its summer performing arts series, Picnic Performances, featuring artists including Adrienne Warren, the New York Philharmonic, Mykal Kilgore, New York City Opera and many more! See tw...

Verdigris Ensemble is propelling Dallas into the international crypto art scene. If it works, the choral group could disrupt the classical music industry.

8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Jonathan Plowright. The British pianist opens this concert with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s D minor Chaconne which was performed by Busoni himself at the opening of the Hall almost 120 years ago. This is followed by the six pieces that make up Liszt’s Consolations S172. The concert closes with Grieg’s Holberg Suite Op. 40, originally written for piano before Grieg adapted it for string orchestra. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE 1...

Chronicle Staff May 3, 2021Updated: May 3, 2021, 7:20 am Mugwumpin’s Black Baba struts down a scenic path in Cutting Ball Theater’s “Phantasmagoria.” Photo: Julie Schuchard, Cutting Ball Theater The Chronicle’s guide to notable arts and entertainment happenings in the Bay Area. Cutting Ball, Mugwumpin and Bay Area Theatre Cypher team up for Lewis Carroll collage Among the few theatrical upsides of the pandemic is the emergence of thrilling multi-troupe collaborations, as ...