A Womanâs Face on the Minimum Wage Issue
From left to right: Entmacher, Lovell, Gandy, Kennedy and Stabenow (Photo by Michelle Schafer) On January 24th, Senator Kennedy held a press conference in the Russell Senate Office Building. Joined by...
View ArticleLiving on a Dime: Small Wages and Large Gender Wage Gap in Restaurant...
By Margaret Kran-Annexstein If I were to tell you that there are workers in the United States being paid $2.13 per hour, you’d probably tell me that that’s impossible because the minimum wage in this...
View ArticleI “Heart” Restaurant Workers
Heading out this Valentine’s Day? Keep restaurant workers’ well-being in-mind. By Courtney Kishbaugh Valentine’s Day is the second most popular day to dine out, according to the National Restaurant...
View ArticleEqual Pay for Women and a Higher Minimum Wage Will Move the Economy Forward
by Heidi Hartmann This post originally appeared on Working Economics, the blog of the Economic Policy Institute. Yesterday morning, I had the honor of participating in a Democratic Steering and Policy...
View ArticleJump Starting Real Wage Growth for Women: Increasing the Minimum Wage and...
By Heidi Hartmann In the context of a lost decade of wage growth for women, two recent proposals—to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour (including increasing the separate minimum wage...
View ArticleResearch News Roundup: July 2015
The Research News Roundup (RNR) is prepared monthly by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Articles contained in each edition of the RNR address research on women’s issues and topics of...
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