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Sunak calls for minimum wage quango to be abolished
14+ hour, 56+ min ago (443+ words) Politics and Economics Reporter Former Chancellor and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that his decisions to hike the national minimum wage backfired as he called for a quango overseeing low pay to be abolished." Sunak appeared to admit that…...
'Total waste of taxpayers' money': Union demands apology over MBIE legal spend on working from home policy
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (590+ words) The Public Service Association (PSA) wants one of the largest Government agencies to apologise for its six-figure spend on legal costs relating to a working from home policy. Proactively-released documents show the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) spent…...
Living Desert Zoo Workers Picket for Higher Wages as Contract Talks Stall
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (260+ words) PALM DESERT, California " Animal care keepers and union supporters gathered outside The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens today to picket for higher wages, claiming that current pay rates are leaving essential workers struggling to make ends meet. Picketers at the…...
Fast food council
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (1805+ words) Background: The council was created as part of a 2023 compromise that also set a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. It has the power to set standards on wages, health, safety and working conditions " and to raise the minimum wage…...
Devon pubs and hotels suffer "death by a thousand cuts"
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (512+ words) DEVON'S hospitality industry is suffering "death by a thousand cuts, developers are building the wrong sort of homes around the county, and the government is turning its back, according to a local MP. South Devon's Liberal Democrat MP Caroline Voaden…...
California's "groundbreaking' fast food council lacks a leader, hasn't met in over a year
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (633+ words) California's first-in-the-nation fast food council " created to give workers a voice on wages, safety and working conditions " has not met in over a year and has no chairperson. Now the workers the council was built to protect, organized by the…...
Oklahoma Chronicle: Is it time to raise the minimum wage in Oklahoma with State Question 832?
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (156+ words) Is it time to raise the minimum wage in Oklahoma? State Question 832, which aims to do just that, is on the ballot during the June election. It's the only state question on Oklahomans' ballot during the primary election. Depending on…...
Oklahoma Chronicle: Raising minimum wage debate; meet gubernatorial candidate Calup Anthony Taylor
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (170+ words) Is it time to raise the minimum wage in Oklahoma? State Question 832, which aims to do just that, is on the ballot during the June election. It's the only state question on Oklahomans' ballot during the primary election. Depending on…...
Minimum wages hiked by 60% | The Morning Standard - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter. com
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (459+ words) Revision in wage structure to apply in 81 unorganised and specified sectors in Karnataka THE state government has revised minimum wages for workers across the state by 60%, Labour Minister Santosh Lad announced, calling it the fulfilment of a long-pending demand of…...
Sexual harassment, name calling, bullying: How "toxic" conditions in some Toronto councillors" offices fed a city hall union drive
13+ hour, 46+ min ago (1749+ words) For some, the union drive is about breaking free from what they describe as ill treatment at jobs they otherwise enjoy. Roughly 170 political staffers who work for Toronto's elected representatives have been at the centre of a unionization bid since…...