#Wage

Dan Price

DanPriceSeattle

I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh 3 hours a day as a home-schooled kid. My parents idolized him.5 years ago my parents called me: "Rush is about to talk

Nate Hood

HoodHaikus

As a thank you to the working class essential workers who kept us fed and our economy running, Government has announced a 15¢ increase to the minimum wage. Aside from

Scott Santens 🧢🏄‍♂️

scottsantens

It's true that a sufficiently high UBI could serve as an alternative to a $15 minimum wage, but I personally would prefer a combo of both plus a 4-day 32-hour

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. It’s a slam-dunk case that a $15 federal minimum wage would lead to significant declines in employment opportunities for workers with few skills or little experience.My latest Bloomberg column:

Anirudha Dutta

DuttaAnirudha

Two recent papers based on CPHS data of @_CMIE by Rosa Abraham at @azimpremjiuniv and Maurizio Bussolo of @WorldBank throw light on employment trajectory and consumption trends during the pandemic

Goldy

GoldyHA

1/ Thought I'd take a moment to expand on Rep. @RoKhanna's comments questioning the credibility of the new CBO minimum wage forecast. He is correct in that CBO economists have

Bharat Ramamurti

BharatRamamurti

NEW with @owenslindsay1: We're heading towards a wage apocalypse unless Congress intervenes. Our proposal builds on the unemployment insurance boost to:Raise wages by $320/week for millionsIncrease economic growthCreate half a

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

We do know that student loan forgiveness benefits skilled trade workers too right? A lot of working class people have student loan debt so...please stop ignoring their needs to insist

Niels van Doorn

nielsvdoorn

While we're celebrating the A'dam court's decision that Deliveroo riders should be classified as employees, riders online are not so happy - and this should give us some pause. Basically

A. Dee.

Alleyson

#nlpoli threadThis response by @FureyAndrew is infuriating.The question by @stjohnsbot was misleading.The committee DID NOT recommend min wage be attached to CPI,the employer rep did.I sat on the committee as

T🍊ri the Dumb Lefty Canadian Radical

RodneyTori

Landlords don't create housing. 5.5 empty homes per homeless person in Canada will tell you that. Bosses don't create work they exploit your labour. Most things are work whether it

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

Given the renewed attention on the possibility of a $15 federal minimum wage, it's worth noting that "$15/hour" looks very different in 2021 than it did when the "Fight for

Megan Rose Ruiz

meganroseruiz

Thread on how to price commissions!1.I see a lot of commission sheets with $15, $25, $50 prices. STOP DOING THAT!! If you actually divide the amount of hours you worked

Dr. Paula R. Curtis

paularcurtis

Shaking my head at tonight's Bad Take- a tenured prof making 183k doesn't want to pay undergrads a $15 minimum wage. Quietly seething, thinking about how I worked min wage

Jonah Gelbach

gelbach

Because life is too easy these days, I'm going to weigh in on the topic of @jenniferdoleac's minimum wage tweet. (The original is at https://twitter.com/jenniferdoleac/status/1350147987490672644, and the whole thread is

Pamela Herd

pamela_herd

Debates over the minimum wage are as much about politics, as they are about the research. The push for a minimum wage actually came from early 20th century progressive eugenicists

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