The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & EntertainmentButlin's boss issues price warning as seaside holiday chain axes 250 jobs
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/butlins-boss-issues-price-warning-36967373
Bingo 'making a comeback' after first rise in admissions and sales in 18 years
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/bingo-making-comeback-after-first-36967868
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M. GrégoireThe CA Minimum Wage Increase: Summing Up
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/04/the-ca-minimum-wage-increase-summing-up.html
What was the consequence of California raising the #MinimumWage for fast food workers? More money for some, job loss for others, more expensive food for customers. "[P]rices rose, quantity demanded fell, and that’s what killed the jobs—not robots replacing workers. Not today, anyway."
The CA Minimum Wage Increase: Summing Up - Marginal REVOLUTION
Two recent joint-papers Did California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment? by Clemens, Edwards and Meer and The Effects of California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage on Prices by Clemens, Edwards, Meer and Nguyen give what I think is a plausible and consistent account of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage. California’s $20 fast food […]
DavidThere’s nothing surprising or unintuitive here regarding the outcome of CA’s hike in minimum wage for restaurant workers, but it appears that the loss in jobs was less due to automation and more due to decrease in people dining out due to higher prices.
The CA Minimum Wage Increase: Summing Up - Marginal REVOLUTION
Two recent joint-papers Did California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment? by Clemens, Edwards and Meer and The Effects of California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage on Prices by Clemens, Edwards, Meer and Nguyen give what I think is a plausible and consistent account of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage. California’s $20 fast food […]
Opinion | The Guardian USWorkers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people | Keir Starmer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/05/labour-workers-pensioners-children-all-better-off-working-people-keir-starmer #Labour #EconomicPolicy #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #ChildBenefits #Children #MinimumWage #Benefits #Pensions #WorkersRights #Politics #Society #UkNews
Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people
Day one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave begin on Monday, and that fits the pattern. From my own life, I know people’s anxieties, and I will respond, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer
MikeDunnAuthorFor the first time ever, A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage....
Helps explain why 60% of U.S. households can no longer afford a "minimal quality of life."
Time for a General Strike?
Hell yeh.
But not just to remove the fascist from office. But to replace the whole damned system with one that generously supports the material, social and emotional needs of all its residents, not just the 0.1%.
https://money.com/federal-minimum-wage-vs-ground-beef-cost/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/
#workingclass #minimumwage #classwar #poverty #inflation #generalstrike
Global News ReginaAdvocates say rising minimum wages still fall short across Canada
Minimum wage workers in Nova Scotia will earn a quarter more per hour when the rate increases to $16.75 on Wednesday. It will increase again to $17 this October.
#Economy #Politics #CostofLiving #MinimumWage
https://globalnews.ca/news/11755898/advocates-rising-minimum-wages-fall-short-canada/
Minimum wage workers in Nova Scotia will earn a quarter more per hour when the rate increases to $16.75 on Wednesday. It will increase again to $17 this October.
#Economy #Politics #CostofLiving #MinimumWage
https://globalnews.ca/news/11755898/advocates-rising-minimum-wages-fall-short-canada/
Pablo Martini (Geezer)Minimum wage rises don’t “break” firms—they expose what’s already broken.
If companies can’t survive without low pay, what does that say about the system?
#MinimumWage #CostOfLiving #UKeconomy #LowPay #Politics #TheWhipLine
https://thewhipline.substack.com/p/firms-complaining-about-minimum-wage
CBC Prince Edward IslandA minimum wage hike and a spike in gas prices have some P.E.I. businesses hurting
Some small businesses are hurting on the Island right now. With minimum wage going up by 50 cents an hour and gas prices spiking in recent weeks, it can all add up fast. CBC’s Connor Lamont explains.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7150664?cmp=rss
Some small businesses are hurting on the Island right now. With minimum wage going up by 50 cents an hour and gas prices spiking in recent weeks, it can all add up fast. CBC’s Connor Lamont explains.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7150664?cmp=rss
