minimum wage

Lawmakers who refuse to vote on the tough issues are cowards and should be replaced.

Cooks and cashiers from McDonald's, Burger King and other restaurants are planning to walk off the job to call for a $15 an hour minimum wage.

Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour for those who toil in fast food and retail jobs sounds wonderfully just but the reality is just the opposite.

Here they come again!  Massachusetts lawmakers, looking to make an already unfriendly business climate even less friendly is once again targeting business from all angles. In just the next week your state reps. and senators are likely to advance the so-called "millionaires tax" that would sock high income earners with a 4 percent surtax supporters say could generate another 1... Read Mor

BOSTON (AP) - An increase in the minimum hourly wage and an overhaul of the state's public records law are the most notable laws taking effect in Massachusetts in the new year. The minimum wage moves from $10 to $11 an hour on Sunday, putting a bit more cash into the wallets of more than 400,000 workers...

Several dozen people, including a Massachusetts State Representative, were arrested in Cambridge this week for blocking traffic while demonstrating for an increase in the state's already generous minimum wage. Many of the protesters, who are demanding $15 an hour, are employees of McDonald's, but the crowd included part time airport workers and Uber drivers. ...

Is it time for the Commonwealth to adopt legislation ushering in a $15/hr minimum wage? Raise Up Massachusetts says yes. They're holding a rally Saturday at Buttonwood Park to raise awareness and the minimum wage. Do you believe the climate is right for a $15/hour minimum wage...

Workers in Massachusetts must now be paid a minimum wage of $10 an hour, up from the previous minimum of $9. The wage increase takes effect Friday under legislation that was approved in 2014, and that also calls for another increase in 2017, to $11 an hour...

A boost in pay will occur in the state of Massachusetts on New Years Day when the state’s hourly minimum wage increases from $9 to $10 an hour.

Supporters of a proposed $15/hour minimum wage will be heading to Beacon Hill on Tuesday for a rally and hearing in support of that initiative.