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Favor for minimum wage hike growing among truckers
Since Overdrive queried readers in 2014 about prospects for the $7.25/hour minimum wage, more truckers today believe it’s time to raise the wage, following a series of states and localities that have raised their own minimums.
April 19, 2016
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POLL: Should the federal minimum wage be raised?
With California moving toward a phased-in $15/hr minimum wage over the next several years, and other states eyeing similar proposals, should the $7.25/hr minimum wage be hiked?
April 5, 2016
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Division over minimum hourly pay
With President Obama advocating for a $10.10/hour federal minimum wage and some states having raised the minimum wage as high as $15, readers showed fairly even division on the issue.
February 26, 2014
Overdrive Radio
Audio: Rich Wilson at MCSAC — ‘We need to hear more from drivers’
Though any FLSA reform wouldn’t apply directly to owner-operators, some have made the argument that improved pay conditions for company drivers and corresponding rate-dynamics changes would filter positively throughout the industry.
February 15, 2014
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POLL: Should the federal minimum wage be raised?
With many states going well above the current federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, is it time the U.S. government raised its own minimum? Weigh in on the subject via this poll and in comments.
January 15, 2014
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