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BERLIN—The union representing 550,000 German chemical industry workers says it has concluded a wage agreement that will see a 4.5 percent wage increase for its members over 19 months. The IG BCE union and chemical industry representatives ...
May 24, 2012 at 16:19 | Source: Boston Globe
TRENTON — The Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would increase the state’s minimum hourly wage to $8.50 on July 1. If passed by the Senate, the measure would go to Gov. Christie, who has not said whether he would sign it. The 46-33 ...
May 25, 2012 at 12:14 | Source: Philadelphia Daily News
Governor Andrew Cuomo says raising the minimum wage is a political impossibility. The governor says he supports an increase but it's just not in the realm of possibility to get the measure passed in the republican-led senate this legislative ...
May 22, 2012 at 10:45 | Source: msnbc.com
A proposal that would raise New Jersey's minimum wage to $8.50 an hour is due to go before the Assembly on Thursday. That would be a $1.25 per hour raise for 29,000 workers. Proponents say the increase is needed to provide a living wage to those at the low ...
May 24, 2012 at 11:04 | Source: NBC Philadelphia
Gov. Cuomo hopes Senate considers raising minimum rage hourly rate from $7.25 to $8.50. SPEAKER SHELDON Silver isn’t happy with Gov. Cuomo’s dire predictions about hiking the state’s minimum wage. “He’s a great governor,” Silver (D ...
May 22, 2012 at 00:44 | Source: New York Daily News
That's because voters decided in 2006 to adjust the wage floor for inflation, and the inflation index that the state uses is pointing toward an increase of about 15 cents an hour. The Missouri Department of Labor announces the inflation calculation every ...
May 16, 2012 at 11:42 | Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"I support the concept of a minimum wage increase," the governor said on "Capitol Pressroom." "The Senate feels quite strongly about their position." Declaring it a "job killer" that would undermine a fragile recovery, state Senate leader Dean ...
May 24, 2012 at 17:38 | Source: Huffington Post
SINGAPORE: The National Wage Council's recommendation for a built-in wage increase this year came as no surprise to businesses. But while larger corporations are able to absorb this extra cost, smaller firms said they are going to have a tougher ...
May 24, 2012 at 14:39 | Source: Channel NewsAsia
Metro Manila workers from the private sector can soon look forward to a P30 hike in their cost of living allowance (Cola). Alan Macaraya, Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) chair in the National Capital Region, announced this ...
May 18, 2012 at 13:34 | Source: Global Nation
A new poll conducted by Siena College is revealing big wins for Democrats with more than three-quarters of New Yorkers supporting a minimum wage hike to increase wages from $7.25 to $8.50. Siena Research Institute's Steven Greenberg explains the ...
May 14, 2012 at 14:36 | Source: Huffington Post