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This week, the SEIU-backed National Employment Law Project (NELP) released a new report arguing that the ten largest fast-food companies cost taxpayers $3.8 billion per year. Though NELP’s number was widely reported, few people bothered to check the fine print. Buried in a footnote in the back of the report,…

In recent weeks, so-called “worker centers” have caught the public’s eye with widespread walkouts at national restaurant chains. These groups – which are union-founded and funded – have demanded a minimum wage of at least $15, arguing that large corporations with highly-paid CEOs can afford to…

It’s become fashionable to lament “Congressional inaction” in Washington, DC. But as demonstrated by a minimum wage-focused ad campaign this month in the DC Metro’s “Capitol South” station, there are times that the economy is better off when Congress fails to act. The first two ads point to Congressional leaders…

On Monday, July 29th, the internet was buzzing over a Huffington Post story about a new report from a “University of Kansas researcher” that claimed McDonald’s could double its employees’ wages and only raise the price of a Big Mac by 68 cents. Two days later — when it was…

Today, the Employment Policies Institute is running a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal  illustrating the consequences of a $15 minimum wage. It coincides with union-organized fast food strikes that are expected to take place today in at least 35 major cities. There’s an old saying – “be…

It’s not surprising that low-margin businesses facing higher mandated labor costs often opt for cost-saving (and labor-reducing) changes to stay in the black. What is surprising is how some proponents of a minimum wage hike have unwittingly pointed to these changes as proof that mandates are a good thing. Liberal website ThinkProgress — whose parent organization, the Center for American…

Recently, the SEIU orchestrated walk-outs at fast food restaurants across the country. Among the protestors’ demands was that they start making $15 per hour – more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. In support of this demand, labor-backed policy groups rehashed a frequent complaint about the…

Common sense tells us that some seemingly good ideas can actually have dire consequences. For New Jersey, the “good idea” that isn’t comes in the form of a proposal to amend the state constitution to raise the minimum wage — and then put further annual raises on autopilot. Today, the…

Bloggers went wild yesterday over a new “study” from Kansas college student Arnobio Morelix, who claims that McDonald’s could double every employee’s salary and benefits and only increase the price of a Big Mac by 68 cents. It’s tough to evaluate the validity of this claim, since it…

On Monday, labor-supported activist groups are staging strikes at restaurants in major cities across the country to demand a $15 per hour wage—a more than 100 percent increase over the current federal entry-level wage. In response to these walk-outs, the Employment Policies Institute is running a full-page ad in USA…