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For decades, the Supreme Court ruled that laws regulating things like wages and working conditions were unconstitutional. That changed during the Great Depression, when one of the justices switched sides, paving the way for the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment benefits and attacking income inequality are all on the Obama administration's domestic agenda. And they all fall under the purview of Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who has only been on the job since July.
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In a few days, the old joke about fearing for virtually everything will make the rounds once again. Your house, your cow, your wife – nothing is safe…
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Seven dollars and twenty five cents: That's the federal minimum wage and today's installment in our number of the year series. The hourly minimum wage hasn't budged in more than four years. President Obama is making a push to change that.
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WYPR's Fraser Smith and Bryan Sears of the Daily Record talk about state and national proposals to increase the minimum wage and why Governor O'Malley has…
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President Obama spoke yesterday about those Americans who “work their tails off” while earning barely a pittance. The $7.25 minimum wage today, he said,…
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WYPR's Fraser Smith and Alex Jackson of the Annapolis Capital talk about the renewed talk among Maryland Democrats to raise the minimum wage.