In horizontal-review mode, the Court has struck down laws limiting slavery and child labor, establishing income taxes and minimum wages, and restricting corporations from tilting elections or firing workers for union activity.
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Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2026
In 2014, Reginald Wayne pleaded guilty in federal court to four felony charges and two misdemeanor charges related to labor fraud, visa fraud and failing to pay minimum wages to students at his Bible college.
Cal Fire Local 1881 says wages haven’t kept up with inflation, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.
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Sofia Williams,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2026
The group alleged security forces opened fire on job seekers in Gachsaran and Ahvaz and reported separate demonstrations over unpaid wages, inflation, fuel shortages and working conditions.
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