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Inflation pushes minimum wages higher in some states

DENVER — Low-wage workers in more than a dozen states — and many more cities — could get unexpectedly large raises next year, thanks to minimum wage increases that will reflect soaring consumer prices.

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DWP set to respond to petition calling for Carer's Allowance payment increase to match minimum wage

Currently people on Carer's Allowance get £69.70 per week

Nottingham Post

Wage hikes make little impact: expert

Minimum wage rises have failed to keep up with GDP growth with workers on the lowest rung in society receiving only a 15-baht hike in the daily wage in the last 10 years, according to a Thammasat University economist.

Bangkok Post

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Cost of living crisis: what governments around the world are doing to help

From cancelling student loan debt to raising minimum wage, different strategies aim to reduce effects of soaring prices

The Guardian - UK

New petition calls for Carer’s Allowance to increase to £239 per week to match National Minimum Wage

People providing at least 35 hours of unpaid care each week receive £69.70 from the DWP.

Daily Record

California Bureaucrats Want to Take Over Your Local Fast Food Joint

Where have we heard before about government councils dictating terms to nominally private enterprise?

Reason

Soaring costs could strip ‘basic dignity’ from millions in UK

Annual income survey finds national minimum wage will often fail to cover even a ‘no frills’ lifestyle

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What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

2 immigrant temp workers file lawsuit against Illinois staffing agency, alleging wage cuts and denied work at height of pandemic

Since migrating to the United States nearly two decades ago, Patricia Martinez, now 55, and a mother of two adult children, found a livelihood working through staffing agencies. Though some days felt heavier than others, she was grateful to have a job even if it meant earning the minimum wage.

Chicago Tribune

For job searchers, $20 per hour is the new $15

Inflation and a labor shortage pushed up wages faster than anyone could've imagined a decade ago, when Fight for $15 was founded.

Axios

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

Where £15 per hour minimum wage would have most impact

Regional variations mean that a raise in minimum wage would impact more full-time workers in some regions of the UK than others

Wales Online

Business lobby calls to open temporary skilled migration to all jobs earning more than $90,000

Business Council of Australia also calls for migrant intake boost as Greens set up Senate standoff to raise wages in female-dominated industries

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Greens want pay rises for women and minimum wage earners in exchange for supporting jobs summit outcomes

The Greens declare they will push for additional pay rises for workers on the minimum wage and those in women-dominated industries in exchange for supporting any legislative proposals stemming from the government's jobs summit.

The Conversation

A £15 national minimum wage won't tackle the cost of living crisis — an economist explains why

Since it was introduced 23 years ago, the national minimum wage has raised the incomes of millions of Britons and reduced inequality.

Bangkok Post

Daily minimum wage to rise by 5% from Oct 1

Thailand’s daily minimum wage, frozen since January 2020, is set to rise by an average of 5% from Oct 1 to help workers cope with inflation that is near a 14-year high.

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

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£15 per hour minimum wage would impact half of Scottish workforce

One union has called for the minimum wage to be increased across the country

Edinburgh Live

Calls for Government to raise minimum wage to £15 per hour 'as soon as possible'

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is calling for the the minimum wage to increase to £15 as regular pay has only increased 4.7 per cent while the rate of inflation hit 10.1 per cent.

Chronicle Live

Trades Union Congress calls for minimum wage to be raised to £15 an hour for all workers

Trade union bosses have called on the Government to draw up plans to give families 'long-term financial security'

The Conversation

Criminal barrister strike is no surprise – their pay can start at less than minimum wage

Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted in favour of an all-out, indefinite strike after years of declining pay. This industrial action will begin in the first week of September and escalates existing instances of withdrawn labour in relation to cases funded by criminal legal aid.

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

Liverpool Echo

Minimum wage should be increased to £15 an hour 'as soon as possible'

The current minimum wage for workers aged 23 and over is £9.50

Daily Mirror

Raise minimum wage to £15 an hour as low-paid pushed to 'brink', TUC warns

TUC boss Frances O'Grady warned that millions of low-paid workers 'live wage packet to wage packet' and they are now being 'pushed to the brink by eye-watering bills and soaring prices'

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