Op-ed: No tip penalty — one fair minimum wage for all
Photo: Postcard PR On International Workers Day last Thursday, the Berkeley City Council devoted a meeting exclusively to discuss the minimum wage. California is one of seven states that have abolished...
View ArticleBerkeley council boosts minimum wage, approves task force to look deeper
Dozens of community members spoke out about an increased minimum wage Tuesday night. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to increase the city’s minimum wage to $10.75 by...
View ArticleBerkeley minimum wage plan passed, new initiatives loom
Labor advocates and other supporters of a $15 minimum wage attended Tuesday night’s council meeting in Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso In a third change of course this month, the Berkeley City Council...
View ArticleBerkeley officials hold off on minimum wage task force
Many Berkeley business owners say they are still concerned about whether they will be able to survive a new minimum wage plan under consideration by city officials. Photo: Postcard PR The Berkeley City...
View ArticleOp-ed: In minimum wage debate, respect business owners
In the growing conversation about minimum wage and establishing a fair balance for workers and businesses, it would be an unforgivable oversight to forget what makes Berkeley such a special place to...
View ArticleOp-ed: Women will benefit from minimum wage increase
The National Women’s Political Caucus, Alameda North Chapter strongly supports the efforts to establish a local minimum wage in Berkeley that is higher than the state minimum wage. As an organization...
View ArticleOp-eds: 2 views on Berkeley’s minimum wage hike plan
Independent bookshops will be among the small businesses impacted by a minimum wage hike. Photo: Angelica Portales Today, Berkeleyside published two op-ed columns in its Opinionator section that...
View ArticleOp-ed: Minimum wage plan is raising bar too far, too fast
A poster produced by the Berkeley Small Business Alliance The Berkeley Small Business Alliance supports the need to raise the minimum wage in Berkeley. There is a longstanding history of support for...
View ArticleBerkeley sets new minimum wage; up to $12.53 by 2016
Labor advocates and other supporters of a $15 minimum wage at a recent council meeting in Berkeley (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to...
View ArticleBerkeley’s minimum wage is $10 starting today, Oct. 1
A minimum wage rally in May 2014 in Berkeley. Photo: Tracey Taylor Starting today, Oct. 1, a new minimum wage goes into effect in Berkeley with a citywide rate of $10 an hour. This is a dollar higher...
View Article‘Fight for 15′ rallies planned for East Bay on April 15
Fast-food workers march in Oakland in December 2014. Photo: Annette Bernhardt This Wednesday, Bay Area workers and activists plan to take to the streets as part of a worldwide mobilization of low-wage...
View Article‘Fight for 15′ protesters march in Berkeley, Oakland
The Fight for 15 march proceeding through Berkeley on the evening of Wednesday April 15, 2015. Photo: Kevin Zhen Update, 6:27 p.m. The intersection is now open, according to the Berkeley Police...
View ArticleRobert Reich makes the case for $15 minimum wage
UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich at a McDonald’s in Oakland on the morning of April 15, 2015. Photo: Ted Friedman Fight for 15, the campaign for an increase in the minimum wage, hit the streets of...
View ArticleEast Bay restaurants adapt to new minimum wage
Camino is one of several East Bay restaurants that has re-formatted its entire wage structure and eliminated tipping in light of the new Oakland minimum wage. Photo: Emilie Raguso On March 2, the city...
View ArticleOp-ed: As an East Bay fast-food worker, I say we need $15 minimum wage and a...
If you listen to the big business lobbyists, you might actually hear them claim that the Bay Area’s higher minimum wage laws will have no impact or might even hurt our communities. But that’s missing...
View ArticleBerkeley City Council to consider $19 minimum wage
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce held a meeting Monday for local businesses regarding the minimum wage increase proposal from the Labor Commission that’s set to go before council Tuesday night. Photo:...
View ArticleBerkeley council puts off minimum wage vote to Nov. 10
Labor advocates and workers rallied outside Tuesday night’s Berkeley City Council meeting in favor of increasing the minimum wage. Photo: Mary Flaherty The Berkeley City Council voted late Tuesday...
View ArticleOp-ed: Berkeley Labor Commission’s $19 nightmare
When President Obama proposed in 2013 to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, one retort designed to call attention to his flawed economic logic went like this: “If $9 is so great, why not...
View ArticleInterim city manager talks pensions, parks and perks
Berkeley’s new interim city manager fielded questions from the North East Berkeley Association at a public meeting Oct. 22, 2015. Photo: Natalie Orenstein New to Berkeley and even newer to her role as...
View ArticleBerkeley merchants: New minimum wage proposal would ‘decimate’ businesses
Merchants in business districts such as the Elmwood are opposed to a new proposal that would see the minimum wage rise to $19/hour. Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin Berkeley business owners say a new proposed...
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