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Fast food workers to stage rallies in Los Angeles campaigning for wage raise

December 4, 2014

December 4, 2014

Fast-food workers and their supporters will stage rallies in Los Angeles and across the country today in a continuing campaign...

L.A. City panel orders independent study of minimum wage hike plan

October 29, 2014

October 29, 2014

A City Council committee asked today for a detailed study on the economic impacts of raising the minimum wage in...

L.A. City Council committee to take up minimum wage proposal

October 28, 2014

October 28, 2014

A Los Angeles City Council committee today will take up a proposal to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles...

L.A. City Council members believe Garcetti’s minimum wage plan requires more scrutiny

October 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

Five Los Angeles City Council members agreed Tuesday that Mayor Eric Garcetti’s plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to...

Proposed minimum wage increase in L.A. hotels approved by city council committee

September 24, 2014

September 24, 2014

A plan to raise the minimum wage to $15.37 per hour for workers at big hotels in Los Angeles was...

Economists reveal that large L.A. hotels already pay employees more than proposed minimum wage

September 23, 2014

September 23, 2014

Larger hotels in Los Angeles already pay more on average than the $15.37 minimum wage being proposed for hotel workers...

Ballot initative regarding minimum wage begins collecting signatures

September 11, 2014

September 11, 2014

Proponents of a ballot initiative asking voters to institute a $15 an hour minimum wage in Los Angeles received the...

$15 an Hour Minimum Wage Could Be on 2015 Ballot

July 14, 2014

July 14, 2014

A man from Seattle has already come to Los Angeles and driven up the price of one of the City’s...

LAUSD School Service Workers Approve Contract to Raise Minimum Wage

July 3, 2014

July 3, 2014

  Cafeteria workers, custodians, special education assistants, campus safety monitors and other school service workers have overwhelmingly approved a contract...

Los Angeles to Move Forward with Wage Theft Ordinance

July 1, 2014

July 1, 2014

An attempt to criminalize wage theft almost five years ago fell by the wayside, but the two councilmen representing Los...