minimum wage

Los Angeles Leads the Way to a Higher Minimum Wage

Medicine & Technology May 20, 2015

In an overwhelming vote of 14-1, the City Council of Los Angeles will increase the city's minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 an hour by 2020, which is good news for the nation's second-largest city where almost a quarter of its residents live below the poverty line.

McDonald’s Workers Told to Treat Burns With Condiments

Mar 24, 2015

More than two dozen McDonald's workers across the country have filed complaints against the fast-food giant, claiming that they have incurred serious work-related injuries and that instead of being given proper medical assistance, they are told to treat burns with condiments.