Showing posts with label Minimum Wage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minimum Wage. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
1/7/2020: Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage law in 2014. Here's how it's turned out so far - Whales echolocate with big clicks and tiny amounts of air
Today's Article: Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage law in 2014. Here's how it's turned out so far.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
3/20/2019: San Bernardino County slams brakes on big solar projects - Seattle Minimum Wage
Today's Article: San Bernardino County slams brakes on big solar projects
From: The LA Times
Readability Score: 14.7
The state government of California has set a goal to drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels. Now one of the largest counties in California, San Bernardino, has passed restrictions on the creation of solar and wind power facilities. What's at stake? Who's right, in your opinion?
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Today's Alternate Article: Seattle Minimum Wage
Readability Score: 7.6
Thursday, October 11, 2018
10/11/2018: North & South Korea begin removing landmines along fortified border - Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all U.S. employees
Today's Article: North & South Korea begin removing landmines along fortified border
From: Reuters
Readability Score: 14.3
North and South Korea agree to start removing landmines from the DMZ. Is the Korean War finally reaching an end? Or is this one more step in North Korea's games to gain attention and then win concessions? Today's story pairs very well with izzit's new video, The Bridge of No Return!
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Today's Alternate Article: Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all U.S. employees
Readability Score: 10.0
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
10/3/2017: Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive - Target is Raising Minimum Hourly Wage to $15 by End of 2020
Today's Article: Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive
From: Boston Globe
Readability Score: 12.5
The decision highlights the damage that the no-driving policy has done to the kingdom’s international reputation
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Today's Alternate Article: Target is Raising Minimum Hourly Wage to $15 by End of 2020
Readability Score: 9.4
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
9/13/2017: School Supply Lists Have Gotten Ridiculously Long and Expensive. Here’s Why - A minimum wage surprise
Today's Article: School Supply Lists Have Gotten Ridiculously Long and Expensive. Here’s Why.
From: Slate
Readability Score: 10.1
When I asked parents on Facebook to share their children’s lists, my inbox started filling up immediately with exasperated responses.
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Today's Alternate Article: A minimum wage surprise
During May, the minimum hourly wage in St. Louis went up to $10.00. Yesterday it went back down.
From: Slate
Readability Score: 10.1
When I asked parents on Facebook to share their children’s lists, my inbox started filling up immediately with exasperated responses.
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Today's Alternate Article: A minimum wage surprise
During May, the minimum hourly wage in St. Louis went up to $10.00. Yesterday it went back down.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
9/5/2017: North Korea’s evolving ways to get what it wants and needs - B.C. to raise minimum wage by 50 cents an hour
Today's Article: North Korea’s evolving ways to get what it wants and needs
From: The Times Record
Readability Score: 10.2
North Korea has been condemned and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food, fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades.
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Today's Alternate Article: B.C. to raise minimum wage by 50 cents an hour
Readability Score: 8.4
The new B.C. NDP government will raise the minimum wage by $0.50 an hour in September, and move to a $15 an hour rate by 2021.
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From: The Times Record
Readability Score: 10.2
http://www.izzit.org/events/index.php
Readability Score: 8.4
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
4/25/2017: Mayor Vetoes Bill That Would Raise Baltimore Minimum Wage - A Different View of the World
Today's Article: Mayor Vetoes Bill That Would Raise Baltimore Minimum Wage
From: Baltimore Sun
Readability Score: 11.3
Advocates pushing for the higher wage decried Pugh's action as a broken promise.
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Today's Alternate Article: A Different View of the World
Readability Score: 9.7
From: Baltimore Sun
Readability Score: 11.3
Advocates pushing for the higher wage decried Pugh's action as a broken promise.
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Today's Alternate Article: A Different View of the World
Readability Score: 9.7
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Monday, January 23, 2017
1/23/2017: For Some Workers, Pay Raise Comes With Loss of Cheap Child Care - Abducted at Birth and Found 18 Years Later, Woman Tries On New Identity
Today's Article: For Some Workers, Pay Raise Comes With Loss of Cheap Child Care
From: Los Angeles Times
Readability Score: 10.8
That’s just one of the likely ripple effects a rising wage will have for California businesses, their employees and their customers.
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Today's Alternate Article: Abducted at Birth and Found 18 Years Later, Woman Tries On New Identity
Readability Score: 8.7
From: Los Angeles Times
Readability Score: 10.8
That’s just one of the likely ripple effects a rising wage will have for California businesses, their employees and their customers.
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Today's Alternate Article: Abducted at Birth and Found 18 Years Later, Woman Tries On New Identity
Readability Score: 8.7
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
10/26/2016: Wal-Mart's Wage Experiment Works ... for Workers - Could One-and-Done Be an Issue Again?
Today's Article: Wal-Mart's Wage Experiment Works ... for Workers
From: Bloomberg
Readability Score: 14.3
It would be great news if Wal-Mart could turn into a higher-wage employer, offering a real path to the middle class for people who aren’t interested in picking up and moving to a bigger city.
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Today's Alternate Article: Could One-and-Done Be an Issue Again?
Readability Score: 8.9
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From: Bloomberg
Readability Score: 14.3
It would be great news if Wal-Mart could turn into a higher-wage employer, offering a real path to the middle class for people who aren’t interested in picking up and moving to a bigger city.
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Readability Score: 8.9
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
9/8/2016: While Venezuelans Go Hungry, the Country's Olympians Get Free Housing and Cash - For Many Working Minimum Wage, the Ends Never Meet
Today's Article: While Venezuelans Go Hungry, the Country's Olympians Get Free Housing and Cash
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 11.2
For Maduro, the Rio Games have provided a much needed national distraction from months of unrelenting bad news about the economy.
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Today's Alternate Article: For Many Working Minimum Wage, the Ends Never Meet
Readability Score: 8.1
Thursday, April 14, 2016
4/14/2016: The $15 Minimum Wage Might Kill Jobs--and That's OK - Smokers Less Likely to Get Hired and Earn Less: Study
Today's Article: The $15 Minimum Wage Might Kill Jobs--and That's OK (12.3)
From: Washington Post
California decided to raise the state's floor to $15 an hour statewide by 2022.
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From: Washington Post
California decided to raise the state's floor to $15 an hour statewide by 2022.
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Today's Alternate Article: Smokers Less Likely to Get Hired and Earn Less: Study (8.9)
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
1/16/13 - Oil Industry's New Workers Have Great Eyesight—And Feathers; Minimum Wage Bad Idea, Says Unpaid Intern
Today's Articles:
Wall Street Journal
January 6, 2013
"Oil Industry's New Workers Have Great Eyesight—And Feathers"
"Until recently, falconry—the ancient art of hunting small game with trained birds of prey—was just a hobby for Michael Gregston, who makes a living leading canoe trips down the Missouri River. But to supplement his income, he has been toting four of his rare hawks and falcons in the bitter cold to an unusual destination for a bird enthusiast: an oil refinery."
ABC News
January 10, 2013
"Minimum Wage Bad Idea, Says Unpaid Intern"
"Should internships be paid? Shouldn't even the lowliest intern get at least minimum wage? No, says someone who recently took four internships where he was unpaid. He was richly compensated, he says, in other ways."
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Wall Street Journal
January 6, 2013
"Oil Industry's New Workers Have Great Eyesight—And Feathers"
"Until recently, falconry—the ancient art of hunting small game with trained birds of prey—was just a hobby for Michael Gregston, who makes a living leading canoe trips down the Missouri River. But to supplement his income, he has been toting four of his rare hawks and falcons in the bitter cold to an unusual destination for a bird enthusiast: an oil refinery."
ABC News
January 10, 2013
"Minimum Wage Bad Idea, Says Unpaid Intern"
"Should internships be paid? Shouldn't even the lowliest intern get at least minimum wage? No, says someone who recently took four internships where he was unpaid. He was richly compensated, he says, in other ways."
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