wage
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Roy said she would run the city attorney’s office as L.A.’s “largest public interest law firm,” focusing on tenants’ rights, wage theft and other issues affecting working-class Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 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
Corrections & Amplifications American Axle employee Josh Jager makes a higher hourly wage because he is a skilled-trade worker, a role that pays more than production workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Weakening consumer demand and wage growth argues for caution, while rising inflation expectations and businesses passing on higher costs to consumers and the broader economy argue for higher rates.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Many of them get by by teaming up with another wage earner, a spouse or grown child.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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