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A new report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the share of hourly-paid workers earning the federal minimum wage or less dipped to 1.4% in 2021. This is the smallest proportion of hourly workers earning the federal minimum wage since 1980, when the share was more than…

This week, the White House released its annual economic report by the president’s Council of Economic Advisors – and supported raising the federal minimum wage as one of its solutions for boosting the economy. To argue this, the White House report hand picks a few sympathetic studies to make the case for raising the…

Cornell University professor Michael Lynn published a new study revealing a “cautionary, yellow flag” to activists trying to reduce or eliminate tip credits. Through a survey with nearly 900 responses, Lynn found consumers were more likely to tip higher (by percentage) in states with larger tip…

A new study by economists Jeffrey Clemens (University of California, San Diego) and Michael Strain (American Enterprise Institute) finds time on the job, not wage mandates, drives increased earnings for employees. Proponents of a nation-wide minimum wage hike, up to $15 per hour or more, often argue in favor of…

A recent report published by Oxfam America says that 31.9% of hourly-paid workers earn less than $15 per hour. Union-funded researchers and activists use statistics like these to argue for policies to eliminate the federal tip credit and raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, like the proposal…

This isn’t the District of Columbia’s first rodeo attempting to hike the minimum wage required for restaurant employees earning tips. But new analysis shows how devastating the 200% increase would be for workers, explaining why DC’s City Council has rejected similar bids in the past. As is the…

After failing once in 2018, anti-worker labor activists at One Fair Wage are back trying to eliminate Michigan’s tip credit, despite far-reaching employment and income consequences for employees. The Restaurant Opportunities Center’s activist arm One Fair Wage is supporting another movement in Michigan to raise the state minimum wage…

As inflation soars higher than ever in the last forty years, consumers’ purchasing power is dropping steadily. But will proposed minimum wage hikes contribute to these inflated prices? When governments mandate steep minimum wage hikes, employers must alter their business model to account for the rising wage…

After a ballot measure defeat in 2018, collapse of its no-tipping experiment, and a discrimination lawsuit – the Restaurant Opportunities Center and its advocacy nonprofit One Fair Wage (OFW) are back in Washington, D.C. to pass ballot measure Initiative 82, another attempt to eliminate the District’s tip credit. Specifically…

A handful of states started off the New Year with ballot measure proposals to raise their minimum wages. As state legislatures have kicked into gear, even more proposals to raise state and local minimum wages have emerged. On top of those, this week One Fair Wage, a union-backed nonprofit that…