Wolf Proposal Would Restore 40-Hour Work Week and Fair Overtime Pay for...
Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: August 20, 2018Read the full briefing paper here.In June, Governor Tom Wolf issued a notice of his intention to restore guaranteed overtime pay for...
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Authors: Mark Price Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: August 30, 2018Download the full reportRead the press releaseExecutive Summary“The State of Working Pennsylvania 2018,” Keystone...
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Wages over the past decade have fallen for most of the bottom 60 percent of Pennsylvania workers. Read the full reportHARRISBURG, PA – Ahead of Labor Day weekend, the Keystone Research Center today...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: On PA House Labor and Industry Committee Hearing On Expanded...
Date of Press Release: September 4, 2018HARRISBURG — Keystone Research Center Executive Director Stephen Herzenberg made the following statement regarding tomorrow's state House Labor & Industry...
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Authors: Mark Price Publication Date: October 25, 2018View the press releaseDownload the full reportExecutive SummaryEach Labor Day the Keystone Research Center releases an annual checkup on the...
View ArticleState of Working Philadelphia: An Economy Growing Apart
Incomes for the bottom 60% of households remain at or below their levels of a decade ago. Income of top 1% of city’s families up 32% Date of Press Release: October 25, 2018Read the full...
View ArticleTestimony of Mark Price, Labor Economist, Keystone Research Center Council of...
Authors: Mark Price Publication Date: November 20, 2018My name is Mark Price and I hold a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah. I am a Labor Economist at the Keystone Research Center (KRC),...
View ArticleTestimony of Mark Price, Council of the City of Philadelphia Committee on Law...
Authors: Mark Price Publication Date: October 30, 2018My name is Mark Price and I hold a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah. I am a Labor Economist at the Keystone Research Center (KRC), a...
View ArticlePRESS MEMO: New Year's Day Minimum Wage Hikes Raise Pay for Millions of US...
Date of Press Release: January 2, 2019MEMOTo: Editorial Page Editors, Editorial Board Members, Columnists, and Other Interested PartiesFrom: Stephen Herzenberg, Executive Director, Keystone Research...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: On Introduction of the Federal Raise the Wage Act of 2019—Minimum...
Date of Press Release: January 16, 2019HARRISBURG — Keystone Research Center Labor Economist Mark Price made the following statement about the federal introduction of the Raise the Wage Act of...
View ArticleRegional Job Growth and the Minimum Wage
Authors: Mark Price Publication Date: January 29, 2019The Minimum Wage Is Rising in Our Region—Except in PennsylvaniaThis policy watch examines the recent growth in the minimum wage, average weekly...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: On Gov. Wolf's Proposal to Raise PA's Minimum Wage
Date of Press Release: January 30, 2019HARRISBURG — Keystone Research Center’s Economists Stephen Herzenberg and Mark Price made the following statement about Governor Tom Wolf’s proposal to raise the...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: About 300,000 Pennsylvania Workers Left Behind by New Trump Admin...
Date of Press Release: March 25, 2019Last week, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) unveiled a proposal to set the overtime salary threshold, beneath which almost all workers are entitled to...
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Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15/hour by 2025 Would Raise Wages for Over 2...
Authors: Diana Polson Authors: Mark Price Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: May 16, 2019READ THE FULL REPORT HERE.The Demographic Impacts of a Minimum Wage Increase [1]Wrapped into his...
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Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: August 27, 2019READ THE REPORT ON OUR NEW WEBISTE HEREIn just the past few weeks, leading American business leaders appear to have experienced a sudden...
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