In December 2017, Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced a new proposed regulation (aka rule) to allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped workers. This would result in an estimated $5.8 billion in lost wages for workers each year―wages that they rightfully earned.
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Infrastructure critical to country’s economic success
by Chris M. Stevens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Infrastructure. The lifeblood of a successful country. Roads, rails, bridges, airports, schools, clean drinking water, sewer systems, the Internet, etc., all provide the physical connection of a culture. And the means to move product and deliver services.
Illinois House Testimonies on the Consequences of Repealing Prevailing Wage
On Tuesday, February 27, the Labor and Commerce Committee in the Illinois House held a hearing titled “Impacts of Repealing the Prevailing Wage.” Frank Manzo IV, MPP, Policy Director of the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI); Robert Bruno, Ph.D., Director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois; and Kevin Duncan, Ph.D., Professor...
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