TORONTO — The Ontario government is increasing the general minimum wage from $17.60 to $17.95 an hour on October 1, 2026, benefiting more than 700,000 workers across the province. This annual increase ...

In 2012, in what The New York Times called “the biggest wave of job actions in the history of America’s fast-food industry,” workers in New York City walked off their jobs and held a protest demanding ...

Could Pennsylvania finally raise its minimum wage floor? Nearly 50,000 Pennsylvanians earn the state's minimum wage or less, according to the Commonwealth Foundation, a figure unchanged since 2009.

Before his first term as US president began in 2017, Donald Trump was probably best known for his book, The Art of the Deal. But by launching, together with Israel, a widely unpopular war on Iran, ...

If there is a thread that provides coherence to Donald Trump’s mad emperorship, it is the frenetic invention of new, evermore dramatic diversions: no week can be allowed to pass without new melodrama ...

Some of Britain's lowest-earning workers are poised to see their wages increase as the new National Living Wage, revealed in the November 2025 budget, takes effect from April 1. From April, the ...

Virginia’s redistricting referendum is once again in limbo after a Tazewell County Circuit Court judge ruled the measure illegal on Wednesday. Virginia lawmakers in Richmond for special session as ...

Virginia’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly passed legislation Monday that will raise the state’s minimum wage incrementally to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, 2028. Gov. Abigail Spanberger said in a ...

On Jan. 1, the minimum wage increased in 19 states and 49 cities and counties. In 60 of these jurisdictions, the minimum wage will reach or exceed $15 an hour for some or all employers. This includes ...

The minimum wage went up in 19 states on Jan. 1, including South Dakota, where it's now set at $11.85 an hour. The federal minimum wage – $7.25 an hour – hasn't changed for more than a decade, but ...

A building partially collapsed on Sunday. Motorcyclist hospitalized in serious condition after losing control and crashing A motorcyclist is in serious condition after losing control and crashing on ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s minimum wage is getting a boost in 2026. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, minimum wage workers in New York City, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties will receive a 50 ...