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Minimum Wage

Sam's Club will raise pay to catch up with Costco

  • Sep 17, 2024
AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File

Aldi raises starting pay for store employees and warehouse workers

  • Sep 14, 2024

North Carolina praised for strong economy, but could it be better?

  • Sep 3, 2024

UNC employees petition for free parking, higher wages

  • Mar 20, 2024

Durham holds final community budget meeting

  • Jan 30, 2024

Durham Waffle House workers join push for $25/hour wage

  • Oct 2, 2023

Sanders pushing for raising minimum wage in virtual Durham visit

  • Jun 2, 2023

New push to raise NC minimum wage reaches legislature

  • May 1, 2023

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Minimum wage will increase in these states in 2024

  • Dec 27, 2023
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No in-person Bernie Sanders, but Durham advocates still push for higher minimum wage

  • Jun 1, 2023
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New push to raise NC minimum wage reaches legislature

  • May 1, 2023
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Concerns rise over growing homeless encampment next to I-40 in Raleigh

  • Jan 19, 2023
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'Absolutely unacceptable': Moral Monday rally returns to Raleigh

  • Mar 29, 2022
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Durham McDonald's workers join in national strike for $15 minimum wage

  • May 19, 2021
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Report: More than 50 million Americans work low-wage jobs

  • Dec 13, 2019

18 states where the minimum wage will rise in 2018

  • Dec 31, 2017

Latest Stories

Walmart raising minimum wage for U.S. workers starting in March

Walmart, America's largest private employer, said Tuesday that it will raise its minimum wage from $12 to $14 an hour.

  • Jan 25, 2023

Concerns rise over growing homeless encampment next to I-40 in Raleigh

A makeshift homeless shelter in Raleigh is raising concerns for business owners in the area.

  • Jan 19, 2023
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Global experts worry simultaneous crises could become the new norm

The World Economic Forum found that more than 80% of respondents expected either "persistent crises" or "multiple shocks" over the next two years, at best leading to "divergent trajectories" for countries and at worst triggering "catastrophic outcomes."

  • Jan 11, 2023

Here's the difference between a 'minimum wage' and 'living wage,' and why it matters

Near-historic inflation has drawn attention to the cost of affording the basics.

  • Jan 10, 2023

Here are some of the major new laws that go into effect in 2023

Higher minimum wage and criminal justice reform will be implemented on Jan. 1.

  • Dec 22, 2022