A coalition of community organizers, labor leaders and small business owners wants Alameda County voters to decide whether to raise the countywide minimum wage to $30 an hour. The countywide minimum ...

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Oakland and New York campaigns for $30 minimum wage gain steam as workers battle high costs and pushback Mark Dorsey, a lifelong East Oakland resident, works two jobs to make ends meet. The ...

Voters in Alameda County may decide on a proposal later this year that would raise the county's minimum wage to $30 an hour, nearly double the state's current minimum wage. On Thursday, a group of ...

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The debate over the cost of living in the Bay Area is heating up again. In Oakland, a coalition of organizations has launched an ambitious campaign to raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour in an ...

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Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has revealed she’s reviewing the free childcare eligibility thresholds impacting parents in England. Under the current system, working parents are entitled to 30 ...