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Early Experiences with Chicago’s July 1st Minimum Wage Increase In December 2014, the Chicago City Council approved a law raising the city’s minimum wage by nearly 60 percent, to $13 an hour, by 2019. A press release from the office of Mayor Rahm…

Measuring the Cost of a Higher Minimum Wage for New York’s Fast Food Restaurants New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a New York Times op-ed this spring his intention to empanel a state wage…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s fast-food wage board concluded its fourth and final public hearing this week, and will now retreat to decide on a new wage mandate for the industry. Numerous speakers at the four hearings emphasized the executive pay and sizable revenue stream at some of the country’s…

EPI placed a full-page ad in the New York Post highlighting how a $15 minimum wage for the fast-food industry would lead restaurants to substitute touch-screen ordering systems for employees. The ad coincides with the fourth and final public hearing in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s wage board, which has…

EPI placed a full-page ad in the Kansas City Edition of USA Today warning residents about the potential ramifications of raising the city’s minimum wage by 96% to $15 an hour. The ad implies that a $15 minimum wage would lead Kansas City to be known as much…

When Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour, she argued that the United States should “make sure our minimum wage is set to a level that works” for employees. Sen. Murray should start with her own staff–as should most of…

Minimum wage has another face. It’s the face of a protester holding the purple and yellow “SEIU” sign at protest rallies like those last Wednesday, but rather the face of a business owner forced to adapt his or her business model to comply with dramatic…

Examining the Costs of the City of Oakland’s $12.25 Minimum Wage In November 2014, residents of the Bay Area cities of San Francisco and Oakland voted in favor of minimum wage increases for most businesses in the city limits. The San Francisco proposal will raise the city’s minimum wage…

Remember Borderlands Books? This San Francisco independent book store had a near-death experience earlier this year, garnering national headlines for the news that it would shut down as a consequence of the city’s minimum wage increase to $15 an hour. Borderlands was saved by a unique customer fundraiser…

Our recent Wall Street Journal op-ed showcases the difficulties for small businesses in Oakland and San Francisco as a result of those cities raising (or about to raise) their minimum wages to $12.25 and $15 an hour, respectively. We argue that such consequences should serve as warnings to other…