Minimum Wage

Salaries for Missouri state employees rank near the bottom of the nation. To change that, some state legislators on Thursday called for making a raise a…

Missouri’s minimum wage will go up 15 cents as of New Year’s Day.The increase from the current $7.50 to $7.65 is the result of a 2006 ballot referendum…

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin knows firsthand the difficulty in getting a minimum wage increase passed through a legislative body. The Illinois Democrat was…

After the city of Seattle voted to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour earlier this month, the discussion over the pros and cons of raising the minimum…

Fast food workers around the globe and in St. Louis went on strike Thursday. Workers, wearing black T-shirts that say "Show Me $15," rallied in front of a…

Chris Sommers is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to the minimum wage. Sommers is the owner of six Pi Pizzerias restaurants and Gringo…

Raising the minimum wage would be a big help for people like Shnette Hooker, an employee at a McDonald’s in Spanish Lake. Hooker said, it would allow…

Jefferson Cowie is a professor in Cornell University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations teaching courses in labor relations, law and history. His…

Income inequality in the United States is a hot-button political issue in this mid-term election year. Advocates for substantial increases in the minimum…

President Barack Obama sent a message during his State of the Union address to every mayor, governor and state legislator who want to increase the minimum…