Yakima Herald – $15 Minimum Wage is Forum Topic Tonight in Yakima
The Freedom Foundation will host a public meeting on efforts to increase the minimum wage at a forum tonight in Yakima
The Wall Street Journal – Mandatory Paid Sick Leave’s Ill Effects
President Obama signed an executive order on Labor Day requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick-leave benefits to employees and called on Congress to follow with a nationwide paid sick-leave law. His announcement emphasized standing up for the middle class. But there is scant evidence that mandatory paid sick-leave regulations help workers, and some evidence they do harm.
