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Federal law caps the wages of over 8 million middle class workers. Union contracts set both a wage floor and a wage ceiling unionized employers may not give productive workers pay raises outside the collectively bargained contract. Unions usually insist on seniority-based pay and rarely allow employers to reward hard-working individuals. No matter how hard most union members work, they cannot earn higher wages than specified by their contracts. ....
State lawmakers weigh state agency, department requests for millions Budget hearings held to determine where your tax money goes in 2021 By Lydia Nusbaum | January 29, 2021 at 7:43 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 9:45 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - State lawmakers are weighing requests from departments that asked for millions of more dollars for the upcoming legislative session. Ten state agencies presented their requests at the budget hearings Tuesday through Thursday. Here is the link to view their presentations. The Alabama State Department of Education asked for a $459 million increase for fiscal year 2022. Here are some of the big ticket items in that request: ....
Ambassador to chile and how things are going there and how they re notifying people here in the u.s. who are looking for their loved ones in chile. we ll check in with him in just a moment. first, other news for you. we start with pay raises. slowly making a comeback. this is some good news here as we talk about joblessness and unemployment. federal express says it plans to give merit raises, again, in the wake of salary cuts and hewlett-packard. some employees getting a one-time bonus, that also to try to make up for some of the slashed salaries. cell phone technology changed the way many americans get their news. a pew report find a quarter of all adults get the information from their phone thanks to easy internet access. the number one search on your phone, weather. relentless snow storms in the northeast and u.s. putting car sales in a deep freeze. the snow kept thousands of customers out of dealerships and toyota s recall and that meant ....