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Mass. speaker calls for hike in minimum wage

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Print this Article Email this Article BOSTON — The state's minimum wage would rise to $10.50 per hour over three years but would not be automatically adjusted for inflation under a proposal unveiled Thursday by a top Massachusetts lawmaker.In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, also said the plan for increasing the minimum wage increase would be linked to changes designed to offer relief for businesses from high unemployment insurance rates. "It Continue reading >>>

Mass. Speaker calls for hiking minimum wage to $10.50

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' BOSTON — The state's minimum wage would rise to $10.50 per hour over three years, but would not be automatically adjusted for inflation, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by a top Massachusetts lawmaker. In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, said the plan for increasing the minimum wage would be linked to changes designed to offer relief for businesses from high unemployment insurance rates.''It is a careful balancing act and one that involves improving conditions for workers at the bottom of our wage scale, while Continue reading >>>

House puts wage hike on table; links to unemployment reform

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' BOSTON — The state's minimum wage would rise to $10.50 per hour over three years, but would not be automatically adjusted for inflation, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by a top Massachusetts lawmaker. In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, said the plan for increasing the minimum wage would be linked to changes designed to offer relief for businesses from high unemployment insurance rates.''It is a careful balancing act and one that involves improving conditions for workers at the bottom of our wage scale, while Continue reading >>>

Speaker DeLeo Calls For Minimum Wage Hike

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BOSTON — House Speaker Robert DeLeo is laying out his plans for a minimum wage hike in Massachusetts. In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Thursday, the Winthrop Democrat called for a gradual increase in the state’s minimum wage from $8 per hour to $10.50 in 2016. That would be the highest minimum wage in the country, but not as high as the $11 per hour wage approved by the state Senate last fall. That could lead to conflict between the two chambers. The Senate bill — and a separate ballot question slated for November — would make future increases automatic: Continue reading >>>

Learning the Lost Art of Ice Harvesting in Maine

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In 1805, a twenty-three year-old Bostonian named Frederic Tudor launched a new industry: the international frozen-water trade. Over the next fifty years, he and the men he worked with developed specialized ice-harvesting tools, a global network of thermally engineered ice houses, and a business model that cleverly leveraged ballast-less ships, off-season farmers, and overheated Englishmen abroad. By the turn of the century, the industry employed 90,000 people and was worth $220 million in today's terms. By 1930, it had disappeared, almost without trace, replaced by an artificial cryosphere of Continue reading >>>

Learning the Lost Art of Ice Harvesting in Maine

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S In 1805, a twenty-three year-old Bostonian named Frederic Tudor launched a new industry: the international frozen-water trade. Over the next fifty years, he and the men he worked with developed specialized ice-harvesting tools, a global network of thermally engineered ice houses, and a business model that cleverly leveraged ballast-less ships, off-season farmers, and overheated Englishmen abroad. By the turn of the century, the industry employed 90,000 people and was worth $220 million in today's terms. By 1930, it had disappeared, almost without trace, replaced by an artificial cryosphere of Continue reading >>>

DeLeo proposes raising minimum wage to $10.50, brightening prospects of a …

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By Joshua Miller, Globe Staff Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo today proposed incrementally raising the state’s minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10.50 an hour by the middle of 2016, brightening prospects for a wage hike to become law this year. At a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event, the powerful Winthrop Democrat outlined his chamber’s plan for boosting the state’s hourly wage floor: $9 at the beginning of July this year, $10 in 2015, and $10.50 in 2016. DeLeo also proposed raising the minimum wage for tipped workers from its current level of $2.63 Continue reading >>>

Proposal would hike minimum wage to $10.50

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Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo today proposed incrementally raising state’s minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10.50 an hour by the middle of 2016, setting up a potential showdown with the state Senate, which passed a larger hike late last year. At a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event, the powerful Winthrop Democrat outlined his chamber’s plan for incrementally boosting the state’s hourly wage floor: $9 at the beginning of July this year, $10 in 2015, and $10.50 in 2016. Continue reading below DeLeo proposed incrementally raising the minimum wage for tipped workers from Continue reading >>>