03 April 2006
04.03.06 Study: Minimum-wage hikes boost retail employment -- Newsday.com
by aflciopolitical
A new study has ratcheted up the debate over whether minimum-wage hikes cause job losses in New York State. According to the Fiscal Policy Institute, a research group in Albany, the state's minimum-wage increases have helped small businesses, not hur
13 March 2006
03.13.06 Legislative committee backs dollar hike in minimum wage
by aflciopolitical
An increase in the state's minimum wage may be on the way. A legislative committee backed a bill today that would increase the minimum wage by a dollar. The minimum wage now stands at six-dollars-and-seventy-five cents an hour. The bill endorsed b
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