#Costco to hike its minimum wage to  an hour

#Costco to hike its minimum wage to $16 an hour

“#Costco to hike its minimum wage to $16 an hour” Costco is boosting its minimum hourly wage to $16 starting next week, the warehouse retailer’s chief executive said during congressional testimony on Thursday. The $1-an-hour wage increase exceeds the pay that competitors Target, Walmart and other big-box retailers offer their employees and comes amid a…

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#Walmart to raise workers’ average pay to  an hour

#Walmart to raise workers’ average pay to $15 an hour

“#Walmart to raise workers’ average pay to $15 an hour” Walmart said it will raise workers’ average pay to $15 an hour, even as the world’s largest retailer warned that its pandemic-fueled growth is poised to slow this year, sending its shares down by more than 5 percent. The Bentonville-based behemoth’s comparable sales surged by…

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#Putting ‘heroes’ out of work with a mandatory wage hike

#Putting ‘heroes’ out of work with a mandatory wage hike

“#Putting ‘heroes’ out of work with a mandatory wage hike” A case out of California shows the perils of politicians’ ordering raises for private-sector workers — and thereby killing their jobs. The City Council of Long Beach recently passed a law ordering grocery-store companies with over 300 employees nationwide to pay local workers an extra…

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#Biden partisan ‘relief’ push puts Democrats’ desires ahead of the nation’s needs

#Biden partisan ‘relief’ push puts Democrats’ desires ahead of the nation’s needs

“#Biden partisan ‘relief’ push puts Democrats’ desires ahead of the nation’s needs” President Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are pressing ahead with their strictly partisan, $1.9 trillion “relief” bill — chasing Democrats’ agenda at the nation’s risk. So far, it’s working: The Senate, with Veep Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote, passed…

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#Biden ready to ram through .9T stimulus plan without GOP

#Biden ready to ram through $1.9T stimulus plan without GOP

“#Biden ready to ram through $1.9T stimulus plan without GOP” President Biden is ready to let congressional Democrats steamroll his $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus plan to his desk — despite his repeated claims of wanting to do it in a bipartisan fashion.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and House Democratic leaders on Friday insisted…

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#Gov. Cuomo boosts minimum wage amid COVID-19 recession

#Gov. Cuomo boosts minimum wage amid COVID-19 recession

“#Gov. Cuomo boosts minimum wage amid COVID-19 recession” The Cuomo administration is moving ahead with a planned increase in the minimum wage in the suburbs and upstate despite the pandemic-fuel recession that has ravaged small businesses in New York. The minimum wage in New York City for companies with ten or fewer workers is already…

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#Operation Warp Speed is an ‘unprecedented’ success and other commentary

#Operation Warp Speed is an ‘unprecedented’ success and other commentary

“#Operation Warp Speed is an ‘unprecedented’ success and other commentary” Pathologist: Op Warp Speed Is ‘Unprecedented’ “Attacks on President Trump’s performance on COVID-19” are “central” to Joe Biden’s campaign, notes Roger D. Klein at City Journal, and those attacks, along with the media’s “continual faultfinding,” have influenced voter opinion. But they’re “unjustified and unwarranted.” Yes,…

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