Capitalism’s “conservative” defenders yet again oppose raising the minimum wage. They fought raising it in the past much as they tried to prevent the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) that first mandated a U.S. minimum ...
Since the 1970s, U.S. real wages have largely stagnated. After a century of real wages rising every decade, that stagnation changed the lives of the U.S. working class in traumatic ways. Likewise, since the 1970s, ...
“Eviction is a very public experience that impacts the entire community. Your belongings are dumped on the street while your children and neighbors watch. Given the high degree of tension we are already experiencing, I ...
“I think in general, we do know that poor mental health is strongly correlated with poverty.” Increasing the minimum wage can lead to a reduction in the suicide rate, according to a new study by ...
2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is receiving heavy criticism for hiring a call center that uses prison labor which can pay as little as $20 a month. Multibillionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg hired a contractor ...
“The real (inflation-adjusted) minimum wage is now roughly 30 percent lower than it was in 1968, and it has been more than 10 years since Congress raised the minimum wage.” The House voted on Thursday ...
Started in 2012, Fight for 15 has been at the forefront of mobilizing workers across industries to demand a USD 15 minimum wage and the right to unionize without retaliation. (PeoplesDispatch) In the run up ...
After intense scrutiny over Amazon pay rates and worker treatment, is Amazon’s new minimum wage hike a PR move or a sign of a company cultural shift? Effective next month, all Amazon employees in the ...
“The minimum wage law very clearly is misnamed. The real minimum wage is zero. That is what many inexperienced and low skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay ...
Proposed federal wage chief, sued for not paying house cleaners. By Will Evans Reveal. This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco ...
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