Wage Floor News Today

on msnbc, the tsunami warning in japan after a series of powerful earthquakes erupted off the countrys coast. fires breaking out, collapsed homes, tremors felt even in the capital city of tokyo. well have a live report with the latest in israel, a barrage of rockets fired toward tel aviv with prime minister netanyahu saying the war is expected to go on for many more months. what that will look like. the rising tensions in the region after a u.s. helicopter sunk three houthi rebel...

months of fighting in gaza. we break that down next. plus, a series of powerful earthquakes rocking japan, leading to reports of fires and landslides, and triggering a tsunami warning. what we know right now about the damage as officials warn the after shocks could continue for up to a week. and the new year means new raises for millions of americans. the minimum wage hike happening in nearly half the country. but it is not all good news. well explain. we begin this afternoon wit...

Editorial report, im paul gigot. Israels military in a costly misfire on monday struck and killed seven humanitarian workers delivering aid in gaza. The deadly misstep has complicated an already strained relationship between israel9 and the United States which in recent weeks has grown more critical of the war. But despite idf, the idf calling the error a grave mistake, President Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call thursday that u. S. Policy toward gaza might change if i...

The proposal would in part erase local living wage laws in cities like Orlando, Tampa and Miami

The wage floor is meeting or surpassing $15 per hour in more and more places.

Congress should lift the ceiling on workers’ pay immediately.

"the seattle times." a proponents as restaurants unlimited is making pay a scapegoat. >> they made some bad business decisions. there were a couple of openings that didnt go well. they are closing them in other places where theres a lower minimum wage. >> nearly every democratic presidential hopeful supports the $15 federal minimum, more than double the current 7.25, which is still in effect in 21 states. >> its long past time to be $15 an hour across the united states. >> in the fight. >> of th...

$10.6 million. some examples given portland, san francisco, seattle where over the last three years, workers pay has climbed 35%, 41% and 69% respectively. >> the cost of doing business has gone up and its really hard to adjust your prices in a restaurant at the speed that the market changes. >> nearly every democrat running for in 2020 supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour in the bill to do that will be voted on in the house thursday. the nonpartisan congressional budget offi...

From mexico and canada, so, the president and his team are very happy about that. some of it is, of course, just rebranding, which we know donald trump likes to do. but yes, he needed to show he was going to do this. there were a number of these campaign promises that we would hear night after night on the campaign trail. a number of them havent come to fruition yet. hes been railing against nafta for a long time. its something to run on. >> democrats dont hate this. >> not necessarily, no. >> c...

A day seven days a week to pay off the loan he took out for it. nobody can really mean explained here unless you know my life so i have to pay all of the bills. but seeing and other drivers have become desperate in recent months as medallion prices have plummeted. they want the right sharing industry to be regulated we want to write you a song there needs to be a cap on the number of vehicles there needs to be a wage floor on the rates that the companies used to charge the passengers because the...