Resources
Labor Standards
NAFTA Violation: Mexican Government Asks U.S. to Respond to Labor Violations
In a response to a complaint filed by sixteen Latin American workers, BC lawyers and a coalition of workers’ rights organizations urge the U.S. to act.
Press Releases
– 12/12/07
Table of State and City Minimum Wages
Analysis
– 06/27/07
Labor Law Violations Reshape Urban Labor Markets
Press Releases
Brennan Center Model Living Wage Bill
Model living wage law drafted by the Brennan Center.
Legislation
– 06/12/07
Unregulated Work in the Global City—Full Report & Chapter Downloads
This groundbreaking study rests on a simple premise: the many laws on the books to protect the working poor mean little if they are not enforced. This invisible economy is all around us. And as this report shows, it is not limited to a few sweatshops and fly-by-night firms. These practices appear to have spread to established and thriving industries.
Publications
Authored by: Annette Bernhardt, Siobhan McGrath & James DeFilippis
– 06/11/07
The Fight for the Minimum Wage
Commentary
Authored by: Paul Sonn
– 06/04/07
Missouri Court Rejects Attempt to Block Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers
A Missouri circuit court rejected an attempt to block an increase in the state’s minimum wage for tipped workers.
Press Releases
– 05/25/07
First Federal Wage Hike in 10 Years
Brennan Center welcomes long overdue minimum wage increase, and calls on Congress to take further action.
Press Releases
– 05/25/07
Statement of Professor Eileen Appelbaum in Support of New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Increase
Professor Eileen Appelbaum’s statement supporting a proposal by the Brennan Center and allies to raise the minimum wage in New Jersey
Statements & Testimony
– 05/18/07
The Adequacy of New Jersey’s Minimum Wage
Policy Brief by the Brennan Center and Allies on the need to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage and annually adjust it for inflation.
Analysis
Authored by: Paul Sonn
– 05/18/07