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The Phony Black Friday Walmart Protests

Big Labor is set to have their annual Black Friday Walmart protests this week, but critics say that the protest is more about extorting big business than trying to raise the minimum wage for Walmart employees.

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Carson: I Wouldn’t Raise Minimum Wage

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated that he opposed raising the minimum wage during Tuesday’s primetime GOP presidential debate on the Fox Business Network. Carson was asked, “You have suggested one minimum wage does not fit all, and that

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SEIU Infighting over $15 Minimum Wage Push

Turmoil is rising between divisions of the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) labor union over circumventing failed legislative efforts and attempting to use ballot measures to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.

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Restaurant CEO Predicts Robots Will Replace Overpriced Labor

The melancholy truth that America’s leftists, and the young people they exploit for political support, stubbornly refuse to learn is that the true minimum wage is zero. When the cost of labor is increased beyond its true value by government fiat, employers learn to make do with fewer workers.

British musicians Miss Dynamite (5th L) and Charlie Simpson (6th L) join unemployed young people as they stand in line outside a job centre in central London during a photocall for the Battlefront Campaign, raising awareness of the large number of young people who are currently unemployed in the UK on October 10, 2011.

New UK Minimum Wage Weighing On Hiring

LONDON (Reuters) – Concerns among British employers about a new, higher UK minimum wage are contributing to a sharp slowdown in hiring via recruitment firms, according to a survey published on Thursday. The number of people hired last month for

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Dunkin’ Donuts Announces Closure of 100 Stores

As the retail sector continues to contract despite claims that the economy is doing better, Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, have announced that, from now and into next year, the company will be closing at least 100 stores across the nation.

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German Conservatives Seek Minimum Wage Exceptions For Refugees

BERLIN, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Senior German conservatives are urging a flexible application of Germany’s new minimum wage in relation to refugees, arguing that those with minimal qualifications could struggle to find jobs at the 8.50 euro ($9.60) hourly rate. Deputy

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UK Employers Warn Government Of Gamble With Hike In Minimum Wage

A planned increase in Britain’s minimum wage represents a gamble on the part of the government and could curb job growth, a top representative of the country’s employers said. John Cridland, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, said rising

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters and hands out ceremonial pens after signing a bill that raises the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour on June 3, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. The bill passed unanimously in a June 2 Seattle city council meeting. (Photo by

EXCLUSIVE: Businesses Fight Against Seattle’s ‘Discriminatory’ Minimum Wage Law

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments today on the International Franchise Association’s appeal to overturn a U.S. District Court judge’s previous decision that denied a preliminary injunction to halt the application of Seattle’s minimum wage law to franchisees. The Seattle law is drafted so that large businesses with more than 500 employees must pay a minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2017 or 2018. However, smaller employers have more time – until 2021 – to increase the minimum wage.

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Trump: Low Minimum Wage Not a Bad Thing

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump gave his thoughts on the minimum wage and as to whether or not raising the minimum wage would good for the American economy. “It’s such a nasty question because the

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Mark Levin: American Kids are Dreamers, Too

Syndicated radio host and bestselling author Mark Levin spoke to over 1,000 “fellow patriots” on Sunday night at his “favorite place,” the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Levin signed copies of, and discussed his youth-focused book Plunder and Deceit: Big Government’s Exploitation

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The Minimum Wage Is a Tax Increase

The realistic response to minimum-wage increases involves some combination of making do with less labor – cutting hours, firing people – or passing the cost increase along to consumers. Rarely do we find such a clear-cut example of the latter as the hefty price increase at Chipotle restaurants in San Francisco. As the Chicago Tribune reported, the company was quite direct about raising its prices to cover the cost of local minimum-wage hikes, above and beyond the general price increase imposed on numerous markets to account for the rising cost of food supplies, particularly beef.