Inflation Pushes Minimum Wages Higher in Some States
Patch | September 1, 2022
Inflation Pushes Minimum Wages Higher in Some States
PEW | August 31, 2022
California Affordability Crisis Deepens, Living Wage Act Bumped From Ballot
LAProgressive | August 2, 2022
California Living Wage Act Bumped From Ballot as Affordability Crisis Deepens
Capital & Main | July 28, 2022
Commentary: California workers urgently need an $18 minimum wage. The Legislature should act this year
The Los Angeles Times | July 26, 2022
Want to vote on raising California’s minimum wage? Judge says not until 2024
CapRadio | July 26, 2022
Right-Wing Judge Bars $18 Minimum Wage From California’s 2022 Ballot
Common Dreams | July 23, 2022
Policy brief finds Living Wage Act could benefit millions of CA workers
The Daily Californian | July 10, 2022
The Next Battleground for Gig Worker Labor Laws: Massachusetts
The New York Times | June 1, 2022
Here’s What’s in the New Bill Jointly Backed by Uber and the Teamsters in Washington State
Labor Notes | February 25, 2022
The Future of Work, Part 1
History As It Happens | December 28, 2021
These Startups Deliver Groceries Fast — Without Gig Workers
Wired | December 1, 2021
Can Anyone Stop the Uberization of the Economy?
Intelligencer | October 18, 2021
2-tiered wage systems test today’s labor relations
Marketplace | October 18, 2021
Researchers see Driver Wage Floor of $4.82 Under Ballot Question
WBUR News | September 29, 2021
Study predicts wage drop if rideshare question passes
Boston Herald | September 29, 2021
UC Berkeley finds gig workers could earn $4.82 per hour if MA ballot proposal passes
TechCrunch | September 29, 2021
No Bus Drivers, Custodians, or Subs. What’s Really Behind Schools’ Staffing Shortages?
EducationWeek | September 20, 2021
Empty Savings, Damaged Health: For Pandemic Unemployed, Recovery Can Be a Long Road
KQED | September 11, 2021
California adding jobs, but unemployment claims remain high
AP News | August 20, 2021
Gig drivers deserve workplace rights
Bangor Daily News | August 18, 2021
Opinion: On minimum wage, does Larry Elder not know or not care?
Los Angeles Times | August 16, 2021
After winning big in California, gig companies take their worker classification fight to Massachusetts
Kake | August 4, 2021
Why aren’t teachers paid more?
11alive | July 27, 2021
Balancing depleted budgets on the backs of kids…let’s not do it
Berkeley Blog | July 15, 2021
Restaurant, hospitality workers are reluctant to return to low-paying positions
KCBS Radio | July 14, 2021
‘Not worth it’: LA restaurants boost pay to lure wary workers
France 24 | July 11, 2021
There’s no labor shortage — just not enough good jobs
Los Angeles Times | July 2, 2021
Workers are ‘epiphany-quitting’ their jobs after the pandemic forced them to rethink everything about their lives
Business Insider | July 1, 2021
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery
Associated Press | June 16, 2021
Can Uber lure back its US drivers without making them full-time employees?
Quartz | May 26, 2021
The Berkeley School
The American Prospect | March 25, 2021
A $15 minimum wage would cost jobs, right? Probably not, economists say
Berkeley News | March 18, 2021
Medea Benjamin on Biden’s Foreign Policy & The Right to Organize
KPFA Radio | March 15, 2021
How to respond to the 5 most tired, trickle-down arguments against the $15 minimum wage
Insider | February 20, 2021
Sanders ‘confident’ $15 hourly minimum wage would be allowed via reconciliation
Politico | February 20, 2021
A $15 federal minimum wage would reshape the lives of working people. Can Biden deliver?
Fast Company | February 10, 2021
The Fight for $15 Is Looking Good
The American Prospect | February 9, 2021
1.4M Jobs Lost Vs 900K Lifted Out Of Poverty? Sharp Edge Of Dems’ $15 Wage Plan Revealed
International Business Times| February 9, 2021
Column: CBO attacks plan for higher minimum wage — or does it?
Los Angeles Times | February 9, 2021
27 million workers would benefit from raising federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
CNBC | February 8, 2021
CBO report finds $15 minimum wage would cost jobs but lower poverty levels
Washington Post | February 8, 2021
65 Billion Reasons the Senate Can Pass a $15 Minimum Wage by Reconciliation
Morning Consult | February 4, 2021
The Burger Flipper Who Became a World Expert on the Minimum Wage
Bloomberg | February 3, 2021
Democrats’ push to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour runs into roadblocks
Politico | February 3, 2021
First 100: The Senate Filibuster Is Actively Harming COVID Relief Policy
The American Prospect | February 2, 2021
Democrats want to pass a $15 minimum wage through reconciliation. It’s unclear if they can
CNBC | February 1, 2021
Cites new CPL research and quotes Matt Unrath
Bolstering Reconciliation Case, Study Shows $15 Wage Would Boost Federal Budget By $65 Billion
Common Dreams | February 1, 2021
Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats
The New York Times | January 31, 2021
The Counterintuitive Workings of the Minimum Wage
The Atlantic | January 29, 2021
New Study Finds Chicago Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Paid Below Minimum Wage
Vice | January 21, 2020
Prop 22 Is Here, and It’s Already Worse Than Expected
The American Prospect | January 15, 2021
‘We have to do better’: California Democrats say COVID pandemic highlighted their failures
Sacramento Bee | January 4, 2021
Proposition 22: California’s new labor landscape
Capitol Weekly | January 1, 2021
2020
‘Desperate’ Bay Area residents brace for federal unemployment dollars to expire
Vallejo Times Herald | December 26, 2020
California fears human, economic crisis as Washington relief talks continue
Berkeley News | December 16, 2020
Government study shows taxpayers are subsidizing “starvation wages” at McDonald’s, Walmart
Salon | December 12, 2020
Why teachers are paid so little in the U.S.
CNBC | December 10, 2020
Quartz | December 8, 2020
Daily Cal | November 23, 2020
The Guardian | November 23, 2020
The Nation | November 20, 2020
Chicago Tribune | November 5, 2020
Desert Sun | November 5, 2020
Los Angeles Times | November 4, 2020
MarketWatch | November 4, 2020
Santa Barbara News-Press | November 2, 2020
Teen Vogue | October 30, 2020
Los Angeles Times | October 27, 2020
KQED | October 26, 2020
La Opinion | October 26, 2020
Quartz | October 23, 2020
The Washington Post | October 23, 2020
MarketWatch | October 21, 2020
The Press Democrat | October 20, 2020
Wired | October 20, 2020
LA Times | October 19, 2020
Salon | October 19, 2020
SF Chronicle | October 19, 2020
Yahoo | October 19, 2020
SF Weekly | October 16, 2020
The Sacramento Bee | October 14, 2020
CNN | October 8, 2020
PBS | October 4, 2020
The New York Times | October 1, 2020
Gizmodo | September 30, 2020
The Hill | September 30, 2020
The New York Times | September 29, 2020
The Seattle Times | September 29, 2020
AJC | September 28, 2020
Quartz | September 28, 2020
Mercury News | September 27, 2020
The Sacramento Bee | September 24, 2020
Quartz | September 23, 2020
48 Hills | September 10, 2020
The Daily Californian | August 23, 2020
The Sacramento Bee | August 23, 2020
Forbes | August 20, 2020
King 5 | August 13, 2020
Salon | August 11, 2020
VICE | August 10, 2020
Marketplace | July 30, 2020
The Modesto Bee | July 7, 2020
CNET | July 6, 2020
Wired | July 6, 2020
Los Angeles Times | July 3, 2020
CalMatters | May 26, 2020
KTVU | May 22, 2020
ABC News | May 14, 2020
Santa Cruz Sentinel | May 7, 2020
Vice | May 7, 2020
MSNBC | May 1, 2020
KPFA | April 20, 2020
Newsweek | April 3, 2020
State unemployment offices scramble to handle surge in jobless claims amid coronavirus fallout
CNBC | April 2, 2020
Special – Coronavirus, Unemployment And Healthcare
KPFA | April 2, 2020
A new study finds increasing the minimum wage reduces suicides
Vox | January 10, 2020
2019
Federal minimum wage has not changed in a decade, and 21 states still use it
NewsWeek | December 31, 2019
California Debates Future of Uber, Lyft Drivers
VOA | December 7, 2019
Seattle begins effort to establish minimum wage for Uber, Lyft drivers
KOMO News | November 18, 2019
Uber, Lyft say proposed California ballot measure is a good deal for drivers. Economists disagree
USA Today | November 11, 2019
As income inequality soars, languishing labor unions make a return
ABC News | November 11, 2019
I’m a Philadelphia pediatrician. Here’s the one thing that would help my patients most. l Opinion
Philadelphia Inquirer | October 21, 2019
As Democrats spar over guaranteed jobs, universal basic income and $15 minimum wage, which would best help Americans?
Marketwatch | October 17, 2019
Chipotle Has a Plan to Pay Tuition. Will it Actually Help?
New York Times | October 16, 2019
Poverty rates improve-but, really, is this the best we can do?
Berkeley Blog | September 10, 2019
Poverty rates improve-but, really, is this the best we can do?
Berkeley Blog | September 10, 2019
For Teachers, the Money Keeps Getting Worse
The Atlantic | September 6, 2019
Uber and Lyft Face An Existing Threat In California – And They ‘re Losing
The Verge | September 2, 2019
Uber and Lyft are floating a $21 minimum wage. Critics say it’s closer to $15.
Washington Post | August 30, 2019
Could a $15 minimum wage save lives?
VoxTalks | August 23, 2019
Low Wages, Sexual Harassment and Unreliable Tips. This is Life in America’s Booming Service Industry
Time | August 22, 2019
The $15 minimum wage bill has all but died in the Senate
Vox | August 16, 2019
The $15 minimum wage was supposed to end in a restaurant apocalypse. Here’s how 5 major cities proved the prophets of doom wrong.
SFGate | August 16, 2019
Still Time to Get Your California Earned Income Tax Credit
Santa Barbara Independent | August 12, 2019
How city regulations are making Uber and Lyft better
New York Post | July 23, 2019
Conservatives Grasp at Straws After CBO Minimum Wage Analysis Shows Clear Benefits
The American Prospect | July 9, 2019
Why Lifting the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour Won’t Cost 1.3 Million Jobs
24/7 Wall St. | July 9, 2019
It’s not just paychecks: The surprising society-wide benefits of raising the minimum wage
Washington Post | July 8, 2019
A $15 minimum wage could lift 1.3 million out of poverty – and cost 1.3 million jobs
Vox | July 8, 2019
Study finds raising minimum wage boosts household income with little affect on jobs
Winston Salem Journal | July 6, 2019
How higher minimum wages help create more equal communities
Fast Company | July 3, 2019
$15 minimum wage: Evidence that it won’t mean lost jobs
CBS News | July 2, 2019
There’s More Evidence That Raising the Minimum Wage Won’t Cost Jobs
New York Magazine | July 2, 2019
Teachers are 3 times more likely to need a second job to make ends meet
USA Today | July 2, 2019
Who still earns the minimum wage in a tight labor market?
Marketplace | July 2, 2019
Idaho minimum wage falling farther behind, prompting ballot measure
Idaho Press | June 15, 2019
‘No rich people working for Post Mates’: Couriers protest pay change
San Francisco Chronicle | May 21, 2019
$15 minimum wage is a win for the working poor.
Courant | May 18, 2019
Uber & Lyft drivers go on strike
CBS News | May 8, 2019
Aiding low-wage workers is a matter of life and death – literally
The Hill | May 7, 2019
Raising The Minimum Wage Could Prevent Suicides
The Huffington Post | May 2, 2019
Raising the Minimum Wage Could Reduce Suicide Rates
Paste | May 1, 2019
Increasing the Minimum Wage and Earned Income Tax Credit to Prevent Suicide
Spotlight | May 1, 2019
Wage gap between teachers and other college graduates exacerbates teacher shortages
Ed Source | May 1, 2019
UC Berkeley study finds increasing minimum wage may reduce suicide mortality
The Daily California | April 30, 2019
Want to decrease suicide? Raise the minimum wage, researchers suggest
CBS News | April 30, 2019
Researchers say there’s a simple way to reduce suicides: Increase the minimum wage
Washington Post | April 30, 2019
The EITC Can Help Reduce “deaths of Despair,” New Research Finds
TCWF | April 29, 2019
Suicide Rates Are Going Up. Raising the Minimum Wage Might Help Bring Them Down.
New York | April 29, 2019
Higher Minimum Wage Could Cut Suicide Rates Says New Study
Forbes | April 29, 2019
Increasing minimum wage, tax credits could stop over 1,200 suicides a year, paper finds
Berkeley News | April 29, 2019
Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to match Amazon’s $15 minimum wage
Seattle Times | April 11, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris says federal government must step in to close the ‘teacher pay gap’
Ed Source | March 22, 2019
Kamala Harris unveils teacher pay-hike proposal in first major policy push
San Francisco Chronicle | March 22, 2019
UVa employee compensation falls short for many, survey finds
The Daily Progress | March 1, 2019
Low pay, large classes, funding cuts: behind new wave of US teachers’ strikes
The Guardian | February 27, 2019
Teacher Strikes Boost Ed Funding in WV, Other States
Workday Minnesota | February 21, 2019
Parents, children brace for Oakland teacher strike
San Francisco Chronicle | February 20, 2019
Denver teachers set to strike over better pay and working conditions
The Guardian | February 10, 2019
DoorDash And Amazon Won’t Change Tipping Policy After Instacart Controversy. If You’re Worried, Carry Cash.
Forbes | February 8, 2019
Oakland teachers vote to authorize strike over pay, class size
San Francisco Chronicle | February 4, 2019
This Is How Horribly U.S. Teachers Are Actually Paid (HBO) (video)
HBOs Vice News interviews Sylvia Allegretto and users her work in this story on the teacher pay gap.
Vice News | January 30, 2019
Thousands of Los Angeles teachers set to go out on strike
CBS News | January 9, 2019
Los Angeles teachers may go on strike Thursday
The Washington Post | January 6, 2019
Thousands of Los Angeles teachers set to go out on strike
The Seattle Times | January 6, 2019
2018
Q&A: Will New York’s Lyft, Uber driver salary changes spread?
Berkeley News | December 10, 2018
Here’s why Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour
Los Angeles Times | October 4, 2018
And now, for some unequivocally good news: Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15. Here’s why it did that.
The Washington Post | October 3, 2018
Amazon boosts minimum wage to $15 for all workers following criticism
The Washington Post | October 2, 2018
Tapped: The Prospect Group Blog
The American Prospect | September 10, 2018
Minimum Wage Increases Didn’t Impact Jobs in 6 U.S. Cities
U.S. News | September 7, 2018
Study: Minimum Wage Hikes Are Paying Off
Daily Intelligencer | September 7, 2018
Another sign of hard times for teachers? They make up nearly 10 percent of Airbnb hosts.
The Washington Post | August 17, 2018
Low Pay Has Teachers Flocking to the Sharing Economy
The Atlantic | August 17, 2018
California Court Says Starbucks Must Pay for Off-the-Clock Work. The Fallout Could Affect ‘A Lot of Jobs.’
Rewire.News | July 27, 2018
More on a Job Guarantee (Wonkish)
The New York Times | July 5, 2018
New York City Considers New Pay Rules for Uber Drivers
The New York Times | July 2, 2018
For fairness’ sake, nix the tipped wage
New York Daily News | April 22, 2018
When you make $2.13 an hour, tips really, really matter
CNBC | April 14, 2018
How much is an hour worth? The war over the minimum wage
The Guardian | April 13, 2018
Walkouts And Teacher Pay: How Did We Get Here?
NPR | April 11, 2018
The Economics of Teaching. Then, White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy
KPFA, Letters and Politics | April 9, 2018
True teacher pay has been dropping for years in most states, data shows
Education Dive | April 9, 2018
The Data Tells All: Teacher Salaries Have Been Declining For Years
EdSurge | April 5, 2018
Why America’s Teachers Haven’t Been Getting Raises
The Atlantic | March 14, 2018
Supreme Court may deal major blow to labor unions
USA Today | January 28, 2018
Minimum wage: Coffee, doughnuts, and the cost of a living wage
BBC News | January 15, 2018
Wielding Data, Women Force a Reckoning Over Bias in the Economics Field
New York Times | January 10, 2018
Moonlighting educators with second jobs
neaToday | January 2, 2018
2017
Why Sexual Harassment Rates Are So High in the Restaurant Industry
CityLab | November 21, 2017
What Trump’s Amazon tweet got wrong, and right
Axios | August 17, 2017
No, Stephen Miller, Immigration Is Not A Major Cause Of Income Inequality
Huffpost | August 3, 2017
Hotel Boom in SeaTac Is Unfettered by $15 Minimum Wage
New York Times | July 31, 2017
Here’s how teacher pay stacks up to other comparable jobs
Michigan Radio | July 26, 2017
Studies Find Pros, Cons To Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage
Wisconsin Public Radio | July 20, 2017
The Impact Of An Increasing Minimum Wage
Wisconsin Public Radio | July 20, 2017
Professor Michael Reich named LERA 2017 Academic Fellow
LERA | May 17, 2017
Voters Approved Wage Hikes, But GOP Lawmakers Have Other Ideas
Bloomberg Politics | April 5, 2017
What will a higher minimum wage do? Two new studies have different ideas
Los Angeles Times | January 11, 2017
2016
4 States May Give Minimum Wage Hike Momentum
FoxBusiness | November 8, 2016
The Minimum Wage: Assessing Its Impact on Workers and the Economy
France Strategie | September 14, 2016
A minimum wage increase in Minneapolis probably wouldn’t be as bad (or as good) as people are saying
MinnPost | August 31, 2016
Teachers feel undervalued — and they may be right
Marketplace | August 18, 2016
America’s cash-strapped teachers are a target for predatory lenders
The Guardian | August 18, 2016
Pay Gap Between Public-School Teachers and Similar Workers Is Wider Than Ever
Wall Street Journal | August 17, 2016
Think teachers aren’t paid enough? It’s worse than you think.
Washington Post | August 16, 2016
The State of the Economy: Slow Growth or Trouble Ahead?
KQED: Forum | May 31, 2016
Study Shows Regional Impact of Minimum Wage Increase
San Jose Inside | April 21, 2016
San Jose councilmembers, academics discuss regional minimum wage study
Silicon Valley Business Journal | April 19, 2016
San Jose: Advocates push to raise minimum wage sooner than state
San Jose Mercury News | April 18, 2016
Study shows benefits to raising minimum wage in San Jose
ABC7 News | April 18, 2016
Why a $15 minimum wage won’t unleash jobs Armageddon
The Week | April 6, 2016
How the $15 Minimum Wage Went From Laughable to Viable
The New York Times | April 1, 20
New York’s Path to $15 Minimum Wage: Uneven, and Bumpy
The New York Times | April 1, 2016
California minimum wage: Assembly committee approves historic wage hike to $15 an hour
San Jose Mercury News | March 30, 2016
California Plan Marks Major Test of $15 Pay Floor
The Wall Street Journal | March 29, 2016
California looks to set a $15-an-hour minimum wage, raising the floor while others add ceilings
The Washington Post | March 28, 2016
Politics and Policy Favor a $15 Minimum Wage in New York
The New York Times | March 22, 2016
Cuomo’s proposal for $15 minimum wage deserves support (Commentary)
Syracuse.com | March 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs are wealthier than bottom 40 percent of Americans
PolitiFact | March 14, 2016
Michael Reich: A $15 wage won’t cost New York jobs
NY Daily News | March 11, 2016
Economists: $15 wage would help 3 million New Yorkers
Newsday | March 10, 2016
Backers of $15 minimum wage submit signatures to get on ballot
San Francisco Chronicle | January 19, 2016
2015
Michael Reich named in “The 10 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2015”
LA Weekly | December 21, 2015
‘Are Local Minimum Wages Absorbed by Price Increases?’
Economist’s View | December 9, 2015
Del. case over restaurant wages could go national
The News Journal | September 25, 2015
Needed – a jobs program sponsored by BP
Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle
June 9, 2010
Sylvia Allegretto
A Public Option That Works
Op-Ed in the New York Times
August 21, 2009
William H. Dow, Arindrajit Dube, and Carrie Hoverman Colla