Oregon workers who earn tips are, by and large, poorly paid adults. For example, the typical waiter or waitress in Oregon is about 26 years old and, including tips, made about $9.35 per hour last year — only 25 cents more per hour than the 2014 minimum wage.
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Nearly 400 corporations — including four dozen with over $1 million in Oregon profits — paid no 2012 state income taxes.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering a joint memorial (PDF) calling for a constitutional convention to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United.
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The Center’s executive director, Chuck Sheketoff, spoke at the DemoForum of Marion County. Chuck provided an overview of Oregon’s economy and discussed how Oregon can end corporations’ gaming of our tax system, improve our business climate and create economic opportunity for all.
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Oregon’s minimum wage falls far short of giving working families economic security, so imagine the difficulties workers face when they don’t even get paid the minimum.
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[This commentary first appeared in the Statesman-Journal. The original can be found here] Oregon’s economy outshines that of most states in the nation – not by one, but by several measures. That’s why it was disappointing to read Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader’s recent comments disparaging Oregon’s friendliness toward business and seemingly rejecting proposals to raise the
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In 1942, rving Berlin learned the federal government was going to undertake “unprecedented income tax collections” to support the war effort, so he volunteered to write a popular song to aid in the effort.
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Complaints that Oregon employers have violated minimum wage law arise more frequently among workers of restaurants, bars, office cleaning companies and staffing agencies than workers in other settings.
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How refreshing it is to hear a corporation be honest and admit that a tax subsidy is a giveaway, not an incentive.
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This report is also available as a PDF: A Pathway, Not a Cliff Higher Minimum Wage Increases Economic Security and Self-Sufficiency Raising Oregon’s minimum wage to $15 per hour would increase the economic security and self-sufficiency of a large number of Oregon families. Opening that pathway to opportunity would be quite an accomplishment by the
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