National Employment Law Project: Report - Workers Lose Billions in Wages Thanks to Corporate Campaign to Block Local Minimum Wage Increases
July 03, 2019
July 03, 2019
NEW YORK, July 3 -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following news release:
As popular progressive movements like the worker-led Fight for $15 have gained ground in recent years, conservative state legislatures have sought to block their progress by passing "preemption" laws that take away cities' and counties' power to adopt all sorts of local policies, including local minimum wage policies. As a result, nearly 350,000 workers are losing billions in wages e . . .
As popular progressive movements like the worker-led Fight for $15 have gained ground in recent years, conservative state legislatures have sought to block their progress by passing "preemption" laws that take away cities' and counties' power to adopt all sorts of local policies, including local minimum wage policies. As a result, nearly 350,000 workers are losing billions in wages e . . .