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Mitt and Ann Romney (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Opinion: Romney’s Middle Class Economic Plan: Work More, Make Less

Mitt Romney’s economic plan basically says if you make $22.50 an hour with benefits, you make too much money; and if you make $22.5 million, then you pay too much in taxes.

2012/09/03

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San Jose To Let Voters Decide City’s Minimum Wage Hike

The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved putting a minimum wage ordinance on the Nov. 6 ballot. If approved, the minimum wage would rise from $8 to $10 an hour, with annual inflation adjustments.

2012/05/23

(CBS)

San Jose Voters To Decide On Minimum Wage Increase In November

Voters in San Jose will get to decide on a measure to increase the city’s minimum wage to $10 now that the proposal has made the November ballot.

2012/04/25

(CBS)

Supporters Of San Jose Minimum Wage Hike Submit Signatures

Supporters of a measure that would increase San Jose’s hourly minimum wage from $8 to $10 say they are submitting than 30,000 signatures to the San Jose City Clerk’s office Thursday in an effort to have the initiative placed on the November ballot.

2012/03/29

(CBS)

San Jose State Students Kick Off Drive To Raise City’s Minimum Wage

A group of San Jose State University students started collecting signatures Thursday to put an initiative on the November ballot that would raise San Jose’s minimum wage from $8 to $10 per hour.

2012/02/16

(CBS)

SJSU Students Push For Higher City Minimum Wage

Students at San Jose State are launching an initiative to raise that city’s minimum wage to one of the highest in the nation as the result of one very ambitious sociology class.

2012/01/24

(AP)

Small Business Leader Claims SF’s Minimum Wage More Hurt Than Help

Scott Hauge, president of Small Business California, claims San Francisco’s new minimum wage increase hurts business owners without making a big difference to workers.

2012/01/02

A waitress at Osha Thai Restaurant in San Francisco carries plates of food. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

About the Bay: San Francisco’s Minimum Wage Workers Getting A Raise

San Francisco’s minimum wage is already the highest in the nation at $9.92 an hour, and it’s about to break the $10 mark.

2011/12/05

Minimum Wage Set To Increase In San Francisco

Minimum Wage Set To Increase In San Francisco

Good news for those who work in San Francisco and make minimum wage. The city is set to make history on January 1st when its minimum wage increases by 32 cents…

2011/12/02

(AP)

San Francisco Cracks Down On Underpaying Employers

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed an ordinance with hopes of ensuring workers are getting overtime and minimum wage pay from their employers.

2011/09/17

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