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US Election 2024

Blue state fast-food wage hike risked jobs

Fast-food job losses in California saw a significant increase following the passage of a $20 minimum wage for some workers,…

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Business

Wage rollback, repayment on table as tensions rise between Safeway and its Alberta workers

Tensions are rising between Safeway and its Alberta workers as the company looks to claw back a wage increase after…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s minimum wage to increase to $16.50 on Oct. 1

In Nova Scotia, the minimum wage is set to increase significantly over the next year. Starting on April 1, the…

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US Election 2024

Investor who pushed California minimum wage measure ‘disappointed’ by defeat

Joe Sanberg Continues Advocacy for Struggling Californians Despite Defeat of Minimum Wage Measure Joe Sanberg, the entrepreneur and anti-poverty advocate…

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US Election 2024

California voters narrowly reject $18 minimum wage; first such no-vote nationwide since 1996

California voters recently made headlines by rejecting a ballot measure that aimed to raise the state’s minimum wage to $18…

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Canada

Minimum wage for higher-paid temporary foreign workers set to increase

The federal government is expected to boost the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers in…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax ‘living wage’ estimated at $28.30 an hour, says new report on cost of living

A new report is calling on provincial governments in Atlantic Canada to do more to bridge a gap between what…

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Nova Scotia

Tentative contract agreement offers teachers wage increases, more prep time

Nova Scotia’s public school teachers are being asked to vote on a tentative contract agreement that includes wage increases over…

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Canada

Alberta used to have the highest minimum wage in the country. Now it’s the second lowest

When Alberta hiked the province’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in the fall of 2018, it was the highest rate in…

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Immigration

Median Wage Increased For Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

The median hourly wage used to determine streams of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been increased. As of April…

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