Washingon, D.C.– The Chicago City Council is flying the mayor of Santa Fe into Chicago today for an emergency meeting in support of the city’s “Big Box” mandate. However, Santa Fe is no economic role model but rather a cautionary tale of dismal job growth following their own living wage ordinance. A newly released New Mexico Department of Labor report shows that job creation in […]

Washingon, D.C.– The Chicago City Council is flying the mayor of Santa Fe into Chicago today for an emergency meeting in support of the city’s “Big Box” mandate. However, Santa Fe is no economic role model but rather a cautionary tale of dismal job growth following their own living wage ordinance. A newly released New Mexico Department of Labor report shows that job creation in […]

Washington, DC – Chicago city council’s recently passed “Big Box Bill” will destroy jobs and put low-skilled employees out of work, said the Employment Policies Institute today. “This Big Box Bill ignores the larger problem that needs to be addressed which is a matter of helping people gain the skills they need to advance in the workplace and earn more on their own,” said Mike Flynn, […]

Washington, DC – Chicago city council’s recently passed “Big Box Bill” will destroy jobs and put low-skilled employees out of work, said the Employment Policies Institute today. “This Big Box Bill ignores the larger problem that needs to be addressed which is a matter of helping people gain the skills they need to advance in the workplace and earn more on their own,” said Mike Flynn, […]

Washingon, D.C.–A new study on the outcome of Santa Fe’s Living Wage Ordinance commissioned by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) exposes the negative economic consequences resulting from June 2004’s wage hike. The city’s least-educated adults, those the increase was intended to help, bore the brunt of the wage hike’s ill-effects. “The results here unquestionably show a decline in labor market opportunities for less-educated adults,” said […]

Washingon, D.C.–A new study on the outcome of Santa Fe’s Living Wage Ordinance commissioned by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) exposes the negative economic consequences resulting from June 2004’s wage hike. The city’s least-educated adults, those the increase was intended to help, bore the brunt of the wage hike’s ill-effects. “The results here unquestionably show a decline in labor market opportunities for less-educated adults,” said […]