Household Net Worth Rebounding Since Financial Crisis
From today’s NYT “Business Day” by Floyd Norris: THE net worth of American households is now 20 percent higher than it was before it began to decline in 2007, the…
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What the Poverty Rate Tells Us About the Overall Economy
From yesterday’s NYT “The UpShot” Blog by Jared Bernstein: On Tuesday, the Census Bureau will tell us whether the share of population that’s officially in poverty went up, down or…
Summer Job Isn’t What It Used to Be
From NYT “OpTalk” Blog, September 9, 2014 by Anna Altman: Once upon a time, hard-working high school students who took a summer job or worked part-time during the school year…
Wages for Housework?
From today’s NYT “Room For Debate” Blog: Housework is a necessary labor for families, but it is largely unpaid, except when others are hired to do it. Families may pay…
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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…
Some Retail Workers Find Better Deals With Unions
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…
More Workers Are Claiming ‘Wage Theft’
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…
LA Mayor Garcetti calls for $13.25 minimum wage hike
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Fast-Food Workers Seeking $15 Wage Planning Civil Disobedience
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…
The Changing Face of Temporary Employment
From NYT “TheUpshot” Blog August 31 by Steven Greenhouse: Temps aren’t just employees who sort mail and answer the boss’s phone. The work of temping has changed vastly — today…