Republicans oppose minimum wage, but claim they want to curb poverty?
From the January 10, 2014 New York Times Editorial: A similar dynamic is developing around the drive for a higher minimum wage. In the December jobs report, the average hourly…
From the January 10, 2014 New York Times Editorial: A similar dynamic is developing around the drive for a higher minimum wage. In the December jobs report, the average hourly…
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…
By THOMAS O. MCGARITY, From the “Great Divide” Blog, New York Times Onine AUSTIN, Tex. — President Obama’s speech on inequality last Wednesday was important in several respects. He identified…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BART and its unions are at the negotiating table today in an effort to settle the ongoing labor dispute that has caused transportation disruptions in the Bay Area since last…
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) many states that see the wisdom of compliance are setting up health insurances exchanges, but under a little known provision called the “Cadillac Tax,”…
Labor leaders from the AFL-CIO called on President Obama and Gov. Rick Snyder to provide financial help to the struggling city of Detroit. The city filed for bankruptcy last week…