The service industry is a large and ever-growing group, with over roughly 2.23 million people (according to DataUSA) in its employ. This helps to account for the fact that everyone knows someone who has worked in a McDonalds; it is just impossible not to. But, what I bet you didn’t know is that, while Mr.…
Minimum wage is one of the most anti-black laws still on the books today. Not only was the minimum wage conceived in racial prejudice, but such legislation still has drastic consequences for black Americans. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, black laborers began to outcompete white laborers in certain industries. Black laborers were…
As young adults in college, having a part-time job that pays minimum wage is normal in our society. We might want some extra cash in our pockets for the weekend, or we want save our money to pay for books. Research by the fightfor$15.org, however, shows the average age of a person working a minimum…
There’s an old proverb that says “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The policies recommended by the Democratic presidential candidates during Monday’s town hall forum were very much like this proverb; well-intended but disastrous in practice. Although, I’m not even sure they were well-intended in the first place. Democrats like Sanders and…
By: Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor For me, the difference between minimum wage and a living wage is the difference between eating ramen noodles and a home-cooked meal. Because of my minimum-wage job, I have grown accustomed to the ramen-noodle diet. Recently, I learned that President Obama proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from…
By Harrison Leone Assitant Sports Editor Albany, considered one of the most dysfunctional seats of government in the nation, actually crafted an encouraging piece of legislation Monday, when the state legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached a tentative agreement to raise New York’s minimum wage to $9 an hour from its current level of $7.25.…