A new study from UC Berkeley says after California’s $20 fast food minimum wage went into effect, workers made more money, employment remained stable, and a $4 burger cost only 15 cents more. #MinimumWages #California www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...
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October 21, 2024 at 3:34 AM
A new study from UC Berkeley says after California’s $20 fast food minimum wage went into effect, workers made more money, employment remained stable, and a $4 burger cost only 15 cents more. #MinimumWages #California www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...
The 2022 EU #MinimumWageDirective aims to ensure adequate #MinimumWages and strengthen #CollectiveBargaining, in order to reduce in-work poverty and #WageInequality
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August 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The 2022 EU #MinimumWageDirective aims to ensure adequate #MinimumWages and strengthen #CollectiveBargaining, in order to reduce in-work poverty and #WageInequality
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The Minimum Wage Directive is not just about #MinimumWages - it's also about #CollectiveBargaining ⚖️
Member States with coverage below 8️⃣0️⃣ % are obliged to draw up action plans to promote collective bargaining 🤝
Member States with coverage below 8️⃣0️⃣ % are obliged to draw up action plans to promote collective bargaining 🤝
February 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Minimum Wage Directive is not just about #MinimumWages - it's also about #CollectiveBargaining ⚖️
Member States with coverage below 8️⃣0️⃣ % are obliged to draw up action plans to promote collective bargaining 🤝
Member States with coverage below 8️⃣0️⃣ % are obliged to draw up action plans to promote collective bargaining 🤝
I just published a handbook chapter on #minimumwages, with a hopefully useful overview over minimum wages by #collectivebargaining and by law.
It’s available open access here: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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It’s available open access here: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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November 8, 2023 at 2:35 PM
I just published a handbook chapter on #minimumwages, with a hopefully useful overview over minimum wages by #collectivebargaining and by law.
It’s available open access here: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
@sampol.bsky.social
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It’s available open access here: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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A report out today by Chief Economist
@grogsgamut.bsky.social shows that not only do rises in minimum wages not affect inflation but award wages have lost around 4% of their real value compared to 2020
futurework.org.au/report/the-c...
@grogsgamut.bsky.social shows that not only do rises in minimum wages not affect inflation but award wages have lost around 4% of their real value compared to 2020
futurework.org.au/report/the-c...
April 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
⚖️ Is the EU Minimum Wage Directive a game changer for a more social Europe?
🔍 This ETUI report by Torsten Müller shows the Directive's strong potential to boost adequate #MinimumWages and #CollectiveBargaining, but some barriers still risk holding it back.
📄 Read more: etui.org/44x
🔍 This ETUI report by Torsten Müller shows the Directive's strong potential to boost adequate #MinimumWages and #CollectiveBargaining, but some barriers still risk holding it back.
📄 Read more: etui.org/44x
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM
⚖️ Is the EU Minimum Wage Directive a game changer for a more social Europe?
🔍 This ETUI report by Torsten Müller shows the Directive's strong potential to boost adequate #MinimumWages and #CollectiveBargaining, but some barriers still risk holding it back.
📄 Read more: etui.org/44x
🔍 This ETUI report by Torsten Müller shows the Directive's strong potential to boost adequate #MinimumWages and #CollectiveBargaining, but some barriers still risk holding it back.
📄 Read more: etui.org/44x
#MinimumWages in Europe remain a work in progress
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions
Its impact now depends on national implementation
✍️ This ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining
🔗 etui.org/4iV
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions
Its impact now depends on national implementation
✍️ This ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining
🔗 etui.org/4iV
September 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
#MinimumWages in Europe remain a work in progress
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions
Its impact now depends on national implementation
✍️ This ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining
🔗 etui.org/4iV
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions
Its impact now depends on national implementation
✍️ This ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining
🔗 etui.org/4iV
#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 11/11 (J): Adequate #MinimumWages – EU directive challenge 🇩🇰 (C-19/23)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #JudicialIndependence – judge overtime rules 🇷🇴 (C-272/24)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #FreeMovement – export limits on building materials 🇭🇺 (C-499/23)
⚖️ 11/11 (J): Adequate #MinimumWages – EU directive challenge 🇩🇰 (C-19/23)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #JudicialIndependence – judge overtime rules 🇷🇴 (C-272/24)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #FreeMovement – export limits on building materials 🇭🇺 (C-499/23)
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 11/11 (J): Adequate #MinimumWages – EU directive challenge 🇩🇰 (C-19/23)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #JudicialIndependence – judge overtime rules 🇷🇴 (C-272/24)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #FreeMovement – export limits on building materials 🇭🇺 (C-499/23)
⚖️ 11/11 (J): Adequate #MinimumWages – EU directive challenge 🇩🇰 (C-19/23)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #JudicialIndependence – judge overtime rules 🇷🇴 (C-272/24)
⚖️ 13/11 (J): #FreeMovement – export limits on building materials 🇭🇺 (C-499/23)
Oregon's minimum wage is $14.70 for employers in the Standard area, $15.95 in the Portland metro area, and $13.70 in the non-urban counties. #minimumwages
March 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Oregon's minimum wage is $14.70 for employers in the Standard area, $15.95 in the Portland metro area, and $13.70 in the non-urban counties. #minimumwages
⏳ #MinimumWages in Europe remain a work in progress.
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions. Its impact now depends on national implementation.
✍️ A new ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining.
🔗 Read it here: etui.org/4iV
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions. Its impact now depends on national implementation.
✍️ A new ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining.
🔗 Read it here: etui.org/4iV
April 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
⏳ #MinimumWages in Europe remain a work in progress.
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions. Its impact now depends on national implementation.
✍️ A new ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining.
🔗 Read it here: etui.org/4iV
⚖️ The CJEU largely upheld the Directive, but struck down two provisions. Its impact now depends on national implementation.
✍️ A new ETUI policy brief explores what this means for wages and #CollectiveBargaining.
🔗 Read it here: etui.org/4iV
If you're one of the many #TradeUnion delegates at the @uni-europa.bsky.social conference in Belfast this week, come by and say hello at the ETUI stand! 👋
We have a wide range of publications on everything from #MinimumWages to #AI, from trade union renewal to care work 📚
We have a wide range of publications on everything from #MinimumWages to #AI, from trade union renewal to care work 📚
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If you're one of the many #TradeUnion delegates at the @uni-europa.bsky.social conference in Belfast this week, come by and say hello at the ETUI stand! 👋
We have a wide range of publications on everything from #MinimumWages to #AI, from trade union renewal to care work 📚
We have a wide range of publications on everything from #MinimumWages to #AI, from trade union renewal to care work 📚
#Collectivebargaining coverage and #minimumwages in the EU: Yesterday, @thorsten-schulten.bsky.social gave a lecture at Harvard University's Center for Labor and a Just Economy, which is now available for download www.boeckler.de/pdf/v_2025_1...
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Collectivebargaining coverage and #minimumwages in the EU: Yesterday, @thorsten-schulten.bsky.social gave a lecture at Harvard University's Center for Labor and a Just Economy, which is now available for download www.boeckler.de/pdf/v_2025_1...
To building happy, stable families? That is a huge issue not just of demographics but of society.
MAGA breeder fetishists aren't actually wrong about the data. They're just so vile that we're ignoring this entirely.
I am worried. People should be worried. And the answer is raising #minimumwages :
MAGA breeder fetishists aren't actually wrong about the data. They're just so vile that we're ignoring this entirely.
I am worried. People should be worried. And the answer is raising #minimumwages :
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
To building happy, stable families? That is a huge issue not just of demographics but of society.
MAGA breeder fetishists aren't actually wrong about the data. They're just so vile that we're ignoring this entirely.
I am worried. People should be worried. And the answer is raising #minimumwages :
MAGA breeder fetishists aren't actually wrong about the data. They're just so vile that we're ignoring this entirely.
I am worried. People should be worried. And the answer is raising #minimumwages :
Siri H. Pedersen and I just published a policy brief with the European Trade Union Institute, based on our research on policies to regulate low-wage employment.
Read it here: etui.org/publications...
#MinimumWages #CollectiveBargaining #InWorkBenefits
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Read it here: etui.org/publications...
#MinimumWages #CollectiveBargaining #InWorkBenefits
@sampol.bsky.social
What are governments doing about low-wage employment – and how successful is it? | etui
Key points• There are three main approaches across OECD countries to tackling low-wage employment: (i) state support for collective bargaining, (ii) statutory minimum wages, and (iii) substantial in...
etui.org
January 31, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Siri H. Pedersen and I just published a policy brief with the European Trade Union Institute, based on our research on policies to regulate low-wage employment.
Read it here: etui.org/publications...
#MinimumWages #CollectiveBargaining #InWorkBenefits
@sampol.bsky.social
Read it here: etui.org/publications...
#MinimumWages #CollectiveBargaining #InWorkBenefits
@sampol.bsky.social
...should that not also mean that the US should be at the very top of that list, not just outside the top 10% of all countries?"
www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/09/24/t...
#ourgeekthisweek #thedaily #minimumwages
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#ourgeekthisweek #thedaily #minimumwages
The Daily: Mapped - Minimum Wages Around the World - Our Geek This Week
Mapped: Minimum Wages Around the World Switzerland tops the dataset at $3,804 per month, based on a regional rather than nationwide minimum wage.
www.ourgeekthisweek.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
...should that not also mean that the US should be at the very top of that list, not just outside the top 10% of all countries?"
www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/09/24/t...
#ourgeekthisweek #thedaily #minimumwages
www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/09/24/t...
#ourgeekthisweek #thedaily #minimumwages
Do 🇪🇺workers have fair minimum wages and decent life?
Two years after we secured a historic EU law on adequate #minimumwages, this is still not a reality.
Time for EU countries to step up & ensure its full implementation.
Live now: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu
Two years after we secured a historic EU law on adequate #minimumwages, this is still not a reality.
Time for EU countries to step up & ensure its full implementation.
Live now: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu
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November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Do 🇪🇺workers have fair minimum wages and decent life?
Two years after we secured a historic EU law on adequate #minimumwages, this is still not a reality.
Time for EU countries to step up & ensure its full implementation.
Live now: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu
Two years after we secured a historic EU law on adequate #minimumwages, this is still not a reality.
Time for EU countries to step up & ensure its full implementation.
Live now: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu
It's time to start taxing the wealthy again like we did in the 1940s and 1950s, not give them more and bigger tax breaks. Trickle down economics never worked. Tax the rich.
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Richard Wolff on Economic Shifts in the 1930s #richardwolff #1930s #greatdepression #wealthredistribution #minimumwages Full Episode: https://youtu.be/_8iOadxZHvs Robinson's Podcast #230 - Richa...
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March 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It's time to start taxing the wealthy again like we did in the 1940s and 1950s, not give them more and bigger tax breaks. Trickle down economics never worked. Tax the rich.
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ECJ @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social judgement on the #MinimumWages directive is to be announced soon - the live stream is already on: curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
Streaming - Court of Justice of the European Union
Court of Justice of the European Union
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November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
ECJ @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social judgement on the #MinimumWages directive is to be announced soon - the live stream is already on: curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
Who works fulltime definitely shouldn´t be too poor to get through the month. This is valid for Germany as well as for the USA, or for any other Western (rich) country. The Dutch, the Norwegians, The Finnish, the Swedish and other European countries have much higher #MinimumWages than we do.
July 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Who works fulltime definitely shouldn´t be too poor to get through the month. This is valid for Germany as well as for the USA, or for any other Western (rich) country. The Dutch, the Norwegians, The Finnish, the Swedish and other European countries have much higher #MinimumWages than we do.
#confirmationhearings #scottbessent #minimumwages
Show it to your maga friends, republicans want their people to be poor ;
“ Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage.”
“ So you don’t think we should […]
Show it to your maga friends, republicans want their people to be poor ;
“ Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage.”
“ So you don’t think we should […]
Original post on mastodon.social
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January 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#confirmationhearings #scottbessent #minimumwages
Show it to your maga friends, republicans want their people to be poor ;
“ Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage.”
“ So you don’t think we should […]
Show it to your maga friends, republicans want their people to be poor ;
“ Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage.”
“ So you don’t think we should […]
Richard Wolff on Economic Shifts in the 1930s
Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School
#richardwolff #1930s #greatdepression #wealthredistribution #minimumwages
Full Episode: youtu.be/_8iOadxZHvs
Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School
#richardwolff #1930s #greatdepression #wealthredistribution #minimumwages
Full Episode: youtu.be/_8iOadxZHvs
August 25, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Richard Wolff on Economic Shifts in the 1930s
Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School
#richardwolff #1930s #greatdepression #wealthredistribution #minimumwages
Full Episode: youtu.be/_8iOadxZHvs
Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School
#richardwolff #1930s #greatdepression #wealthredistribution #minimumwages
Full Episode: youtu.be/_8iOadxZHvs
‼️ The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice ⚖️ proposes the EU 🇪🇺 directive on #minimumwages 💶 to be annulled in full. Read the opinion here
tinyurl.com/y4c5x4k7
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January 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
‼️ The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice ⚖️ proposes the EU 🇪🇺 directive on #minimumwages 💶 to be annulled in full. Read the opinion here
tinyurl.com/y4c5x4k7
tinyurl.com/y4c5x4k7
In Pakistan, minimum wage has never been a living wage—only a political stunt that keeps workers at survival level while serving business interests.
By Sasha Javed Malik
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2025/...
#Pakistan #Punjab #labourrights #workersrights #exploitation #minimumwages #worker
By Sasha Javed Malik
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2025/...
#Pakistan #Punjab #labourrights #workersrights #exploitation #minimumwages #worker
September 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In Pakistan, minimum wage has never been a living wage—only a political stunt that keeps workers at survival level while serving business interests.
By Sasha Javed Malik
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2025/...
#Pakistan #Punjab #labourrights #workersrights #exploitation #minimumwages #worker
By Sasha Javed Malik
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2025/...
#Pakistan #Punjab #labourrights #workersrights #exploitation #minimumwages #worker
New Lab achieved much in Surestart,Schools,A Levels,6th forms Univs as class mobility went up, more passes & places,healthcare funds up,pensions up, minimumwages,child care,free Senior passes/medicines, equality acts on gender/diversity/ disabled,job rights, peace in Ireland& higher life expectancy!
April 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
New Lab achieved much in Surestart,Schools,A Levels,6th forms Univs as class mobility went up, more passes & places,healthcare funds up,pensions up, minimumwages,child care,free Senior passes/medicines, equality acts on gender/diversity/ disabled,job rights, peace in Ireland& higher life expectancy!