minimum wage

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Ramaphosa explained how unscrupulous employers pay undocumented migrants well below the minimum wage and "merely" pay a fine if caught.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

When business leaders were frustrated over the passage of a $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, Bass brokered a meeting with them and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, he said in December.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

In exit polls some voters said they voted for him because Mr. Petro’s 23% increase in the minimum wage in January made them better off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

He has also promised to build on Petro's legacy of increasing the minimum wage, raising education spending and transferring land to poor communities.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

This seems to be no longer true, for government agencies channel only as many laborers as are needed, and some kind of minimum wage is maintained.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck