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Young people are being priced out of jobs due to minimum wage hikes, warns Bank ...

The Daily Mail 15 Feb 2026
It comes as the unemployment rate among 16-24-year-olds has risen above Europe's for the first time since records began in 2000 ....
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Trent England: Higher minimum wage will kill jobs in Oklahoma

Tulsa World 15 Feb 2026
All three of my kids worked in high school. Part of this was luck, since there’s a cookie store at the end of our street and the manager usually needed workers. It was the perfect place for teenagers to get… ... .
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Mamdani's $30 minimum wage will hurt New Yorkers

The Indiana Times 15 Feb 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sells his "$30 by 2030" minimum wage plan as a lifeline for the working class. But it's really a career-ender for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who hold entry-level jobs ... .
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UK Minimum Wage Is Raising Youth Unemployment, Bank of England's Mann Says

US News 15 Feb 2026
LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A sharp rise in ⁠Britain's ⁠minimum wage for younger ⁠workers over the past three years has contributed to an ​increase... .
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UK minimum wage is raising youth unemployment: Bank of England's policymaker Catherine Mann

The Economic Times 15 Feb 2026
... to substantial increases in minimum wages for younger workers.
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Group: Raising minimum wage could cause drastic inflation

The Daily Gazette 14 Feb 2026
(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers have proposed raising the state’s minimum wage to $27 per hour in 2032, but an employment policy researcher says the move could trigger drastic inflation ... .
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$30 minimum wage will hurt New Yorkers

Lebanon Express 14 Feb 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sells his "$30 by 2030" minimum wage plan as a lifeline for the working class. But it's really a career-ender for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who hold entry-level jobs ....
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Foreign money backs minimum-wage effort?

Pauls Valley Democrat 14 Feb 2026
State Question 832 would mandate annual increases in ...
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Virginia Senate panels advance hike in weekly unemployment benefits, minimum wage

The Daily Progress Charlottesville 14 Feb 2026
Bills making their way through the Virginia General Assembly would increase unemployment benefits to $48 a week and raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour ... .
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Groups push for legislated minimum wage for Indian domestic workers

Khaleejtimes 14 Feb 2026
Recently, the Indian Supreme Court bemoaned the fate of these workers and urged the states to evolve “suitable mechanisms” to bring them under the legal protection and get the benefits of the minimum wages law.
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Mamdani’s $30 minimum wage spells disaster for New Yorkers | Nicole Huyer

The Indiana Times 13 Feb 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sells his “$30 by 2030” minimum wage plan as a lifeline for the working class. But it’s really a career-ender for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who hold entry-level jobs ... .
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Trinamool seeks legally enforceable basic minimum wage

The Hindu 13 Feb 2026
Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O-Brien says low wages depress consumption and lock people into poverty; he demands a single nationwide minimum wage indexed to inflation ....
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CARE won’t lower pay despite potential youth minimum wage decrease

Columbia Missourian 13 Feb 2026
CARE, an annual provider of over 100 youth internships in Columbia, said it will not lower its pay to new minimum wage ... .
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