Longtime Italian eatery La Madrina to close

After 28 years, owner says he can no longer keep up with increased operating costs.

Should the US increase the minimum wage?

In announcing his wrongheaded proposal to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour, President Obama spoke in lofty terms: "In the wealthiest nation on earth," he said in his State of the Union address last month, "no one who works full time should have to live in poverty."

Should the US increase the minimum wage?

Nearly 8 million Americans go to work every day yet still live below the poverty line. That is in part because the federal minimum wage is too low.

Minimum wage in Arizona set to go up 15¢

PHOENIX - Workers at the bottom of the state's pay scale will soon be able to afford 2 more gallons of milk and a loaf of bread a week.

Workers with Red Lobster, Olive Garden file wage suit

Darden Restaurants Inc. violated federal labor laws by underpaying thousands of servers across the country at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and other eateries, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of the workers.

Tucson event for National Day of Action to Raise the Minimum Wage

The local SEIU chapter has an event planned this week as part of the National Day of Action to Raise the Minimum Wage.

Supreme Court: No overtime pay for Arizona pharmaceutical sales reps

PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected arguments by Arizona representatives of a national drug company that they are not doing sales and therefore entitled to overtime.

Tighter rules sought for those getting jobless pay

PHOENIX - Arizonans who lose their jobs through no fault of their own would have to do more to look for work to qualify for unemployment benefits, under a measure given preliminary Senate approval Tuesday.