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Amazon announces it’s raising minimum wage for U.S. workers to $15 per hour

October 2, 2018 Editor

From today’s Los Angeles Times: Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month. The company said Tuesday that the wage increase…

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One Reason for Slow Wage Growth? More Benefits, Sort of

September 25, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: One of the most perplexing questions about the nation’s economic recovery is why a tight labor market has not translated into faster wage growth. Part…

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The stock market boom has given CEOs a raise. What about average workers?

September 18, 2018 Editor

From today’s PBS News Hour: Over the past few years, many economic indicators have returned to where they were before the Great Recession — among them, the unemployment rate, which…

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Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.

September 11, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to…

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He said he refused his company’s Bible study. After being let go, he’s suing.

September 6, 2018 Editor

From today’s Washington Post: A 34-year-old painter is suing Dahled Up Construction, a company based south of Portland, Ore., for allegedly firing him after he refused to join a Christian…

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On Labor Day and Your Day Off, Learn About the Work of Others

September 3, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: For roughly five years, The New York Times has profiled people with a variety of jobs in its Vocations column. Some of those jobs are…

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Why You Should Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make

September 1, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: So how much do you make? It’s a loaded, deeply personal and often uncomfortable question. Along with our weight and age, our salary is a…

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The Wrong Way to Do Paid Family Leave

August 16, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Senator Marco Rubio just made a small bit of history: He became the first of his party to put forward a national paid family leave…

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In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation

August 11, 2018 Editor

From today’s Washington Post: Rising prices have erased U.S. workers’ meager wage gains, the latest sign strong economic growth has not translated into greater prosperity for the middle class and…

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‘Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans

August 6, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: For a rapidly growing share of older Americans, traditional ideas about life in retirement are being upended by a dismal reality: bankruptcy. The signs of…