TUC urging minimum wage rise
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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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Signs of shop floor support for consumer groups urging action over soaring prices.
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Trade unions have joined a government team to find ways of easing the impact of a 25% rise, but refused to end the protest. Nigeria is Africa&#39;s biggest oil producer and is seeking to cut heavily subsidised fuel prices.
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Congress won't give you one--the federal minimum wage is still $5.15. Although 22 states require employers to pay more (and six more may do so in November), activists in Chicago and elsewhere are pressing for a "living wage" to help the working poor.
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Trades Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber, speaking on the eve of the labour federation's annual conference, said British unions would strike to win a fair deal over workers' pensions.
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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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15,000 officers expected to gather in London to protest again government's refusal to honour 2.5% pay rise
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Amicus Britain&#39;s largest private sector union is urging the Government&#39;s Pensions Commission headed by Adair Turner to recommend compulsory contributions from employers into staff pension funds.
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The minimum wage may be on its way up in New York, but one new study said the amount wouldn&#39;t be enough to pay rent in the state.
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The Democratsâ proposed minimum wage increase does not catch up with what some states have already done to raise the pay of tens of millions of workers.
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The chief executive of Costco Wholesale, the nation's largest wholesale club, yesterday became the most prominent member of a new organization of business owners and executives pressing Congress to approve an increase in the federal minimum wage.
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The head of the German central bank warned against steep pay rises in 2008, as the Social Democrat party stepped up calls for a national minimum wage in comments to be published Sunday.
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Pressure on Brown rises as public service unions plan campaign to fight below-inflation pay offers.
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Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to fast-track efforts to boost the federal minimum wage and could seek to bring a bill directly to the House floor in January.
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Angry unions leaders threatened industrial action on Friday after the Treasury awarded many public sector workers a below-inflation pay rise.
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The US Senate votes to raise the minimum wage by $2.10 per hour to $7.25 and cut taxes for small firms.
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The UK's minimum wage should be frozen at Â£4.85 an hour until 2006, the Confederation of British Industry says.