Fast-food protests: Dozens of workers are arrested in strike for higher pay
From LA Times September 4 by Shal Li, Tina Susman, and Tony Perry. Dozens of fast-food workers from Los Angeles to Manhattan were arrested as they escalated a fight for…
From LA Times September 4 by Shal Li, Tina Susman, and Tony Perry. Dozens of fast-food workers from Los Angeles to Manhattan were arrested as they escalated a fight for…
From NYT September 7 by Rachel Swarns: By now, the hardships endured by retail workers at clothing stores across New York City are achingly familiar: the frantic scramble to get…
From NYT “Business Day” August 31, 2014 by Steven Greenhouse: Week after week, Guadalupe Rangel worked seven days straight, sometimes 11 hours a day, unloading dining room sets, trampolines, television…
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From NYT September 1 by Steven Greenhouse: The next round of strikes by fast-food workers demanding higher wages is scheduled for Thursday, and this time labor organizers plan to increase…
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From yesterday’s NYT editorial: In a statement last Wednesday — just hours after the government reported headline-grabbing economic growth of 4 percent in the second quarter —the Federal Reserve said…