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Cleveland City Council voted down a plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in Cleveland. The 16-1 vote only saw Councilman Jeff Johnson vote in the affirmative to approve a minimum wage hike in the city. This was the third reading of the ordinance. Councilman Jeff Johnson attempted to revert back to […]

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The Cleveland NAACP recently passed a resolution endorsing Raise Up Cleveland’s fight for a $15 minimum wage. According to a news release, Raise Up Cleveland Spokesperson Minister Kyle Earley released the following statement in response: “We are so grateful for the Cleveland NAACP’s support of our efforts to lift up families in Cleveland by giving […]

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An organization seeking to raise Cleveland’s minimum wage plans is ramping up its efforts to get more support for their cause. “Raise up Cleveland,” which focuses its efforts to the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, hosted an unofficial watch at Luke Easter Park on the city’s east side Tuesday. Hundreds showed up to a […]

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It will be an emotional and maybe ugly fight. It could pit some of Cleveland’s leaders against each other. And it will be played out at a time when the community is getting ready to welcome the Republican National Convention and preparing to discuss whether to renew a vital school levy and, perhaps, hike the […]

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The City of Cleveland will introduce next week proposed legislation that would raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour. Clerk of Council Pat Britt notified Raise Up Cleveland Wednesday that it had enough signatures to start legislative proceedings on the proposal. Raise Up Cleveland is a group supported by the Service […]

National

  The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the country Wednesday, with New York embracing an eventual $15 an hour for the state’s 200,000 fast-food workers and the huge University of California system announcing the same raise for its employees. “How we support our workers and their families impacts […]

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On Wednesday, protesters nationwide demanded $15 an hour minimum wage in a movement labeled with the hashtags #BlackWorkMatters and #FightFor15. Recent reports state that the…

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  The pay increase is welcome news for cashier Jade Anderson, whose job is a classic minimum wage occupation. “I have been a cashier for 20 plus years,” Anderson said. “It will impact me and my family. It’s good news.”A mother of two, Anderson has been waiting awhile for the hike. “For a long time, a lot […]

National

*Malia and Sasha Obama are not going to leave the White House without knowing what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck – if their parents have anything to do with it. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle both worked minimum-wage jobs before they got law degrees: a character-building experience they said they also want […]

National

  President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Wednesday setting a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour for workers under federal contracts, an administration official confirmed to The Huffington Post. The signing will take place at the White House, where the president is expected to be flanked by low-wage workers who called on […]