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minimum wage
Letters to the editor: Nancy Kricorian, Hannah Arendt, minimum wage and more
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2016
Rob Eshman and his old school friend who is working with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement tried to find common ground on Israel-Palestine and raised the question: Do you have a better idea or a better strategy to get there (“Nancy and Me,” April 29)?
Why do Jews support a $15 minimum wage?
Dennis Prager
April 27, 2016
The majority of Jews support increasing the minimum wage to $15.
California lawmakers approve hiking minimum wage to $15
Jewish Journal
March 31, 2016
A plan to raise California\’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 passed both houses of the state legislature on Thursday, putting the state on track to become the first in the nation to commit to such a large pay hike for the working poor.
In a war against wage theft
Jewish Journal
May 27, 2015
Last week, Los Angeles’ City Council voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. The decision was greeted with tremendous fanfare.
Los Angeles gives preliminary approval to $15 minimum wage
Jewish Journal
May 19, 2015
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage in the nation\’s second-largest city to $15 an hour by 2020 from the current $9, in a victory for labor and community groups that have pushed for similar pay hikes in several U.S. municipalities.
The minimum wage battle: What makes a wage just?
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
January 3, 2014
Raising the minimum wage is a mitzvah. The Rambam says that ensuring others have work that can sustain them is the highest rung on the hierarchy of tzedakah (Mattanot Aniyim, 10:7).
Who really creates jobs?
Douglas Bloomfield
August 14, 2013
There he goes again. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor recently told Fox News host Chris Wallace that “the government doesn’t create jobs, the private sector does.” That’s a favorite mantra of Republicans. It may make a good sound bite, but there’s not a bit of truth in it.
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