Small Business Owner Gives Employees Paid Sick Days. World Doesn’t End. New...
Share this postJersey City business owner Steven Kalcanides, who runs Helen’s Pizza, invited Mayor Steven Fulop to officially sign the city’s new paid sick days ordinance at his restaurant. Kalcanides...
View ArticleRejected by Christie, New Jersey Minimum Wage Increase Goes to the Voters
Share this postA minimum wage increase is badly needed, but since it’s going nowhere in a Republican-controlled House, low-wage workers have to turn to the state and local level. Next up, New Jersey,...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Victory Celebrated on the New Jersey Senate Floor
Share this postThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO this week celebrated a milestone in its campaign to raise the state minimum wage by joining partners and advocates from across the Garden State in a...
View ArticleStates Where Minimum Wages Are Supposed To Be Living Wages
Share this postLast week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced that he is taking advantage of a state law to raise minimum wages without the involvement of the legislature. He’s not the only...
View ArticleLabor and Community Allies Fight for Jobs and Public Safety in Atlantic City
Share this postAtlantic City, New Jersey, may be the gambling capital of the East Coast, but there are certain things that shouldn’t be left up to chance, namely public safety. However, bureaucrats in...
View ArticleNew Jersey to be tenth state with paid sick leave, but the U.S. stays at the...
Share this postMore than a million workers will be getting paid sick leave soon after New Jersey’s legislature has passed a bill, which Gov. Phil Murphy has said he supports. That makes New Jersey the...
View ArticleIllinois poised to be next state to pass $15 minimum wage
Share this post After New Jersey made its move toward a $15 minimum wage official, the question was where next—and it hasn’t been a long wait to find out. The Illinois state Senate has passed a bill...
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