California Bill To Raise Minimum Wage Passes In Assembly; Goes Before Senate
Minimum-wage workers in California would see their first raises in six years under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.
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Minimum-wage workers in California would see their first raises in six years under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.
How does a 30% wage hike sound to you? It could become a reality, for thousands of minimum wage workers in Berkeley.
San Jose's minimum wage officially rose to $10 an hour on Monday and business people who once opposed it now see it as a way to boost worker productivity and profits, a business leader said.
40,000 people who work in San Jose will be getting a raise on Monday, thanks to the November 2012 election win for Measure D, which raises the minimum wage in San Jose from $8 to $10 an hour.
A San Francisco restaurant in Chinatown is paying $525,000 in back wages and penalties for forcing employees to work long hours for less than $4 an hour.
A Daly City woman has been charged with forging the signatures of about 80 San Jose city officials and their spouses, including four City Council members, on petitions for a ballot measure on that passed in November, prosecutors said.
Bloom Energy Corp. has been paying 14 workers brought to the United States from Chihuahua, Mexico the equivalent of $2.66 per hour for refurbishing work performed at the company headquarters in Sunnyvale.
Those in favor said the money will go back to the local economy while those opposed fell it will especially hurt young people looking for jobs.
San Jose's minimum wage will soon be $10 an hour instead of $8 with the passage of Measure D on Tuesday.
Supporters and opponents San Jose's ballot Measure D, which would raise the city's minimum wage to $10 an hour, held dueling press conferences on Monday.
The November election is still weeks away, but already supporters of a $2.00 per hour minimum wage increase in San Jose are suffering from a pair of defeats - in the courtroom.
Mitt Romney's economic plan basically says if you make $22.50 an hour with benefits, you make too much money; and if you make $22.5 million, then you pay too much in taxes.
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved putting a minimum wage ordinance on the Nov. 6 ballot. If approved, the minimum wage would rise from $8 to $10 an hour, with annual inflation adjustments.
Voters in San Jose will get to decide on a measure to increase the city's minimum wage to $10 now that the proposal has made the November ballot.
Supporters of a measure that would increase San Jose's hourly minimum wage from $8 to $10 say they are submitting than 30,000 signatures to the San Jose City Clerk's office Thursday in an effort to have the initiative placed on the November ballot.
A group of San Jose State University students started collecting signatures Thursday to put an initiative on the November ballot that would raise San Jose's minimum wage from $8 to $10 per hour.
Students at San Jose State are launching an initiative to raise that city's minimum wage to one of the highest in the nation as the result of one very ambitious sociology class.
Scott Hauge, president of Small Business California, claims San Francisco's new minimum wage increase hurts business owners without making a big difference to workers.
San Francisco's minimum wage is already the highest in the nation at $9.92 an hour, and it's about to break the $10 mark.
Good news for those who work in San Francisco and make minimum wage. The city is set to make history on January 1st when its minimum wage increases by 32 cents...
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed an ordinance with hopes of ensuring workers are getting overtime and minimum wage pay from their employers.
San Francisco Supervisors have voted to strengthen the city's minimum wage law. The board approved the wage theft legislation to stop employers from forcing workers, in particular home health care workers, from toiling for long hours for less than the city's minimum wage of $9.92 an hour.
Legislation to combat wage theft in San Francisco is picking up momentum at the Board of Supervisors.
A lawsuit has been filed seeking $440,000 in back wages for seven employees of the Dick Lee Bakery restaurant in San Francisco.
Some lawmakers are making a new push to raise the minimum wage in California, but businesses owners are pushing back.
