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Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States
A Starbucks workers' strike, which began in select stores, has expanded to nine states as employees push for better wages and working conditions during the holiday rush. The strike, led by Starbucks Workers United, demands higher pay and improved staffing to address what employees describe as chronic understaffing during peak hours. Workers at dozens of stores in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania joined the strike over the weekend. Starbucks has a total of about 16,000 stores in the US and around 35,000 worldwide. Over the weekend, picket lines formed at high-traffic stores in N…
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‘Is He Serious?’ NY Ice Cream Shop Owner Accused Of Stealing Employees’ Tips
Social media is abuzz with outrage after a New York mother accused an ice cream shop owner of withholding customer tips that were given to her 15-year-old son and other employees. In a post on a community Facebook page Monday, July 1, the Long Island resident said her son quit his job at the Hauppauge business after the owner allegedly told him he “can’t figure out” how to separate tips that customers paid using a debit or credit card on his point-of-sale system. “I am not one who tips for every little thing, but people were tipping these kids on their credit cards, which they really apprec…
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Massachusetts Ranks 3rd Worst In Country For Accessible Housing, Report Says
Massachusetts minimum-wage workers would need to work 91 hours a week to afford a "modest" one-room rental home, a new report says. Affordable housing is out of reach for many Americans, and Massachusetts workers are even harder-hit. The state ranked the third-worst in the country for worker housing accessibility, according to an annual report released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition on Wednesday, June 14. The average Massachusetts minimum wage worker can afford rent of up to $780 per month, but the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom house is $1,772, the report said. T…
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New Year, New Minimum Wage For Massachusetts Workers: AG
Minimum wage workers will make get a pay increase to start off the New Year, according to the state's Attorney General. Massachusetts will require employers to pay workers a minimum of $15 beginning January 1, 2023, Attorney General Maura Healey's office said in a reminder sent out on Friday, Dec 30. This raise is the final installment of a law made in 2018 that increased the minimum wage each year until it reached $15. Tipped employees also get a boost, making a minimum of $6.75 per hour as long as tips compensate to make their hourly wage at least $15. If not, employers must make up …
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Here's How Much, When Minimum Wage Will Increase In Massachusetts
Massachusetts is one of more than two dozen states that will be giving employees a holiday bonus as minimum wage is getting an increase for the beginning of 2022. As of Saturday, Jan. 1, the state’s minimum wage in Massachusetts will rise 75 cents from $13.50 an hour to $14.25. The new wage translates to $29,640 a year for employees working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. The minimum wage for tipped workers who make more than $20 in tips monthly will also rise to $6.15 an hour on Jan. 1. Officials noted that the Massachusetts minimum wage bill also established a paid family and medical…
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Chipotle Increasing Prices In Order To Raise Employees' Wages
Chipotle Mexican Grill is increasing menu prices to cover the costs of raising its workers’ wages, the company announced. Consumers will see price increases of approximately 4 percent at the popular Mexican food chain, with that money being used to increase employees’ paychecks following the company’s announcement that hourly wages for workers would reach an average of $15 by the end of the month. The price hike is likely not to be felt too badly by consumers, with company officials saying that it will amount to quarters and dimes while dramatically boosting their ability to pay employees. …
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Massachusetts Minimum Wage Hike Goes Into Effect Jan. 1
Another new year means another increase to Massachusetts’ minimum wage. On Jan. 1, the state’s minimum wage will increase by 75 cents to $13.50 per hour. The hike has been on the books for years and is one of many planned increases that will bring Massachusetts’ minimum wage up to $15 per hour in 2023. Massachusetts passed legislation in 2018 to grow the minimum wage from $11 to $15 over five years. Hikes are planned for 2022 - when the minimum wage will be $14.25 - and, of course, 2023 when the rate will reach $15. There are no more planned minimum wage hikes after 2023. Tipped employ…
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Central/Western Mass Businesses Fined For Labor Law Violations
Nearly 13,000 Massachusetts employees were cheated out of $6 million in unpaid wages and benefits, according to the Attorney General Maura Healey's annual round-up of fair labor actions. Among the companies cited in the AG’s Labor Day Report are 8 businesses or franchises in Western and Central Massachusetts. Fees and penalties were assessed to local construction and health care companies as well as national chain restaurants. Statewide, in 2020 Healey’s Office won or negotiated for the payment of more than $12 million in restitution and fees from companies over violations such as paying …
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