Minimum wage increase gains ground in Senate
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A Democratic campaign promise to boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade moved closer to completion on Tuesday when U.S. Senate Republicans lifted a roadblock against it.
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Republicans are warning Democrats not to tamper with Senate-passed minimum wage legislation, saying the bill offers the right economic and political balance
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Massachusetts workers can expect merit pay raises of 3 to 4.5 percent this year, up slightly from last year, according to a new survey.
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The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday approved a modest package of tax breaks for restaurants and small businesses that would be affected by an increase in the federal minimum wage, breaking a logjam with the Senate that has delayed passage of one of the Democrats' top legislative priorities.
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After a decade-long wait, America's lowest-paid workers saw Congress poised Thursday to increase the federal minimum wage by $2.10.
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The incoming Democratic-led U.S. Congress intends to give a hand to dishwashers, fast-food cooks and America's other poorest-paid workers by raising the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade.
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A low-wage worker would have to earn $20.93 per hour -- more than three times the current Massachusetts minimum wage of $6.75 -- to afford the fair-market rent
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Fast-food waitress Fawn Townsend of Raleigh, N.C., knows exactly what she is going to do if her salary goes up with Tuesday's increase in the federal minimum wage: start saving for a car so she can find a second job to make ends meet.
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The House of Representatives on  Saturday voted to gradually increase the federal minimum wage  to $7.25 an hour and also to cut estate taxes paid mostly by  the wealthy.
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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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The TUC general council is calling for the minimum wage to increase by 50p an hour from next year.
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The measure would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour from $5.15 in three stages over two years.
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Handing New York workers their first boost in the minimum wage since 1997, the state Senate yesterday overrode Gov. George Pataki&#39;s veto of a bill that will increase the wage by $2 over the next two years.
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The California Assembly on   Thursday approved a bill to boost the minimum wage to $8 an   hour, the highest level in the nation, and sent it to Gov.   Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk for signing.
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Japan paves the way for an increase to its minimum wage, the first major change in more than 40 years.
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With little fanfare, Congress yesterday approved the first increase in the federal minimum wage in nearly a decade, voting to boost wages for America's lowest-paid workers from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over the next two years.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, but added tax breaks for small businesses that are unacceptable to House leaders, preventing Democrats from claiming a quick victory on one of their top legislative priorities.