(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s Congress approved a constitutional reform proposed by former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that would require annual minimum wage increases be higher than the previous year’s annual inflation rate. The Senate unanimously approved the proposal submitted to guarantee that Mexicans’ purchasing power is not eroded by annual price increases. The change would…
March 15 (Reuters) – Uber Technologies (UBER.N), opens new tab and Lyft said on Friday they will stop operations in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the city’s council paved the path for rideshare drivers to be paid a minimum wage. The council voted 10-3 to override Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto, ensuring rideshare drivers in the…
Many of the major policies that former Vice President Joe Biden is proposing are already in place in California to some degree. Credit: Illustration by Dan Hubig for CalMatters – California has become a laboratory for progressive policies CALIFORNIA, USA — With Democrats holding all the political power in California for nearly the last decade,…