Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
6 results
for "Minimum wage"
Currently viewing results 1 - 6
|
PAGE
OF 1
|
Record #:
30510
Author(s):
Abstract:
As the Congressman representing North Carolina, Graham Barden discusses his views on minimum wage in a speech give to the Committee on Education and Labor in 1955. Baren argues that minimum wage should not result in price fixing, destroy small business, or create misery in some areas, but should be enough to compensate for appropriate labor. In this case, the argument is for a minimum wage of 90 cents.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
23956
Abstract:
Billman speaks to Kim Thomas about the low pay but intense work of a personal care aide for the elderly. Half of North Carolina home care workers make less than 10 dollars an hour.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
24730
Author(s):
Abstract:
In mid-November 2015, a group of Orange County activists launched a grassroots effort to stand up for the county’s low-paid state workers. The protest, called The Orange County Living Wage Project, hopes to raise Orange County’s minimum wage to $12.7-an-hour—the amount that most labor experts believe is a living wage in the county. The project plans to offer certifications for business owners who promise to meet this new wage for all of their workers.
Source:
Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 44, November 2015,
p7, 9, il, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
23968
Author(s):
Abstract:
The North Carolina General Assembly does not require Raleigh contractors to pay employees living wages, nor will it raise minimum wage any time soon. Activists are pushing cities and employers to pay better than minimum wage.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
27111
Author(s):
Abstract:
Living-wage campaigns have formed to certify businesses in progressive parts of North Carolina. The Orange County Living Wage Project, which launched last November, has attracted fifty-eight employers that now pay all employees at least $12.75 per hour. The organization, led by Susan Romaine and Orange County Commissioner Mark Marcoplos, estimates it has lifted the wages of nearly six thousand employees.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
16172
Author(s):
Abstract:
Representatives from various organizations met recently in Raleigh to argue restaurant workers should be paid more. A third of these workers live at or below federal poverty level, while there remains a large gap between the tipping wage and minimum wage.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text: