wages

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Business groups said the tax increase would negatively impact the hotel industry, which is already reeling from a lack of demand and the threat of incoming increased minimum wages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Workers are seeking to raise wages to $30.50 per hour from $22, after a 50% pay cut in 2008 to keep the plant running.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“The longer inflation remains above our goal, the greater the risk that it feeds into expectations and becomes embedded in wages, contracts, and pricing behavior,” Hammack says.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

It is seeking damages for physical and psychological injury as well as loss of wages.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Though the Respectables had steady work, their wages were consistently low, as they found themselves shut out of higher-paying factory jobs in Chicago’s fast-growing industrial base.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield