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Leaders from the United Campus Workers draft their speech in the Walker Library on Friday, which they will deliver to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday.

Is monthly pay here to stay? The status of MTSU’s biweekly pay fight

Zoe Naylor March 17, 2024

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A Waffle House Worker Makes Her Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

A Waffle House Worker Makes Her Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

Story by Ashley Norman / Contributing Writer Emily Smith was 14 years old when she started her first job in Montgomery, Alabama. She restocked shelves at her hometown’s local grocery store. It was...

One Tennessee Mother’s Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

One Tennessee Mother’s Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

Photos by Ashley Barrientos / Lifestyles Editor After a 10-hour shift of serving hot platters of tacos and enchiladas, Sofia slumps into a leather booth. Her small feet throb— she didn’t get a...

New report gives insight to Nashville’s affordable housing crisis

New report gives insight to Nashville’s affordable housing crisis

CIM Digital July 6, 2017

Photo by Alexis Marshall / Assistant News Editor The National Low Income Housing Coalition recently released its annual Out of Reach Report, which compares minimum wage to housing prices within each state....

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