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Hundreds expected to attend ‘Million Student March’ on UC Berkeley campus
A ‘Million Student March’ is scheduled to take place on the UC Berkeley campus at 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Photo: D.H. Parks A ‘Million Student March’ is scheduled to take place on the UC Berkeley campus at 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Photo: D.H. Parks Hundreds of protesters are expected to take part in a “Million Student March” […]
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Berkeley votes to phase in minimum wage increases
Protester Andrea Combs, who joined minimum wage actions in Sacramento and Oakland earlier that day, sports a Guy Fawkes mask at the Nov. 10 special meeting of the Berkeley City Council. Photo: Lisa Tsering By Lisa Tsering The Berkeley City Council approved revisions to its contentious minimum wage ordinance late in the evening of Nov. 10 […]
Posted inOpinion
Op-ed: Let’s be real about the effects of minimum wage hikes
In the debate about increasing the minimum wage to $15, or even $19 (as Berkeley’s Labor Commission has recommended), one important issue has not received the attention it deserves. Namely, what happens to the wages of employees who had been earning $15/hour before the increase in the minimum wage? In the absence of regulations, the […]
Posted inBusiness
Berkeley merchants: New minimum wage proposal would ‘decimate’ businesses
Merchants in business districts such as the Elmwood are opposed to a new proposal that would see the minimum wage rise to $19/hour. Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin By Lisa Tsering Berkeley business owners say a new proposed minimum wage hike will quite simply drive them out of business and, in the process, destroy the unique flavor […]
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Interim city manager talks pensions, parks and perks
Berkeley’s new interim city manager fielded questions from the North East Berkeley Association at a public meeting Oct. 22, 2015. Photo: Natalie Orenstein Berkeley’s new interim city manager fielded questions from the North East Berkeley Association at a public meeting Oct. 22, 2015. Photo: Natalie Orenstein New to Berkeley and even newer to her role […]
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Op-ed: Berkeley Labor Commission’s $19 nightmare
When President Obama proposed in 2013 to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, one retort designed to call attention to his flawed economic logic went like this: “If $9 is so great, why not $19?” Less than three years later, the Labor Commission in Berkeley has taken this rhetorical device to heart […]
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Berkeley council puts off minimum wage vote to Nov. 10
Labor advocates and workers rallied outside Tuesday night’s Berkeley City Council meeting in favor of increasing the minimum wage. Photo: Mary Flaherty Labor advocates and workers rallied outside Tuesday night’s Berkeley City Council meeting in favor of increasing the minimum wage. Photo: Mary Flaherty The Berkeley City Council voted late Tuesday night to hold off […]
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Berkeley City Council to consider $19 minimum wage
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce held a meeting Monday for local businesses regarding the minimum wage increase proposal from the Labor Commission that’s set to go before council Tuesday night. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce held a meeting Monday for local businesses regarding the minimum wage increase proposal from the Labor Commission […]
Posted inOpinion
Op-ed: As an East Bay fast-food worker, I say we need $15 minimum wage and a union
If you listen to the big business lobbyists, you might actually hear them claim that the Bay Area’s higher minimum wage laws will have no impact or might even hurt our communities. But that’s missing the real story: the lives of tens of thousands of workers like me who will benefit. I have worked for two […]
Posted inNosh
East Bay restaurants adapt to new minimum wage
The effects of new minimum wages are causing a ripple effect of changes across the East Bay restaurant scene.
Posted inCommunity
Robert Reich makes the case for $15 minimum wage
UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich at a McDonald’s in Oakland on the morning of April 15, 2015. Photo: Ted Friedman UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich at a McDonald’s in Oakland on the morning of April 15, 2015. Photo: Ted Friedman Fight for 15, the campaign for an increase in the minimum wage, hit the streets […]
