SOTU 2014 focuses on jobs, fairness
President Obama’s State of the Union Address last week highlighted a number of themes that focused on creating more opportunities for working Americans by streamlining the tax code, providing financial…
Why I Didn’t Give Year-End Bonuses
From the New York Times blog, “You’re the Boss” by Jay Goltz: A couple of weeks ago, my production manager asked me a question that I have not looked forward…
Does increasing the minimum wage stifle job creation? Room for Debate
From the New York Times “Room for Debate”: For the past year, fast-food and retail workers have made it clear that lousy pay should not be the cost for cheap…
Tech start-up publishes employee salaries, encourages transparency
San Francisco tech start-up Buffer has been making waves with its transparency campaign, jump starting a national conversation about salaries and, by implication, the way businesses conduct their business in…
Job Situation Looks a Little Worse
From the New York Times Economix Blog by Floyd Russell: Every year at this time, the Labor Department tells us how badly it blew the previous year’s job figures. In…
Labor meeting stresses immigration reform, reaches out to non-unions
At one of the largest annual gatherings of union workers nationwide, overtures are being made to reform the labor movement by forming official alliances with non-union progressive causes including that…
LA city workers rally for living wage
From yesterday’s LA Times Local: Hundreds of workers rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, demanding an increase to the “living wage” that county contractors…
Trader Joe’s embraces living wage, rejects Walmart-style labor policies
From The Atlantic, March 25, 2013: The average American cashier makes $20,230 a year, a salary that in a single-earner household would leave a family of four living under the…
Does the Affordable Care Act create more part-time work? 2 perspectives
One of the objections to the Affordable Care Act is that it will encourages employers to cut employee hours to create more part time work in order to avoid the…
Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs despite better than expected quarterly earnings
The nation’s largest computer infrastructure company today announced it would cut 4,000 jobs, representing 5 percent of its workforce, citing the challenge of global competition as reason to reorganize despite…