Low Wage Workers

Biz Leaders To GOP: Minimum Wage Raise Is 'Past Due'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Albany, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Labor, Minimum Wage, Costco, Low-Wage Workers, Workers, Wages, Low Wage Jobs, Economic Crisis, Gop, New York, New York City, Politics News

As lawmakers in Albany, N.Y., contemplate a boost to the state's minimum wage, a group of business leaders came out Thursday in support of hiking the ...

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Middle Class Miss Out On Recovery As Poor, Rich Grab Jobs: Report

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Restaurant Industry, Video, Middle Skill Workers, Low-Wage Workers, Jobs Recovery, Unemployment, High Wage Workers, Unemployment Rate, Jobless Recovery, Mid Level Workers Jobs Recovery, Middle Income Workers, Business News, Food Service Jobs, Business News

The job market may be bouncing back, but only for those making a lot of money or not much of it at all. Middle income jobs have accounted for only...

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Warehouse Woes: More Workers Claim They Were Ripped Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Walmart, Labor, Workers, Low Wages, Low-Wage Workers, California, Warehouses, Latino Workers, Schneider Logistics, Inland Empire, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Warehouse workers in Southern California filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday alleging labor law violations against a Walmart contractor, the ...

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New York GOP Wants To Repeal Wage Theft Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Albany, Labor, Video, Low-Wage Workers, Low Wages, Wage Theft, Wages, Gop, Labor Unions, Unions, New York, New York City, Republicans, Politics News

Republican lawmakers in New York state are working to undo a 2010 anti-wage theft law that labor activists hailed as a landmark piece of legislation p...

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Bill Would Outlaw Tip-Skimming By Hotels, Restaurants

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Hotels, Low-Wage Workers, Workers, Restaurants, Employment, Jobs, Gratuity, Rhode Island, Providence, Legislation, Restaurant-Lobby, Business News

A bill introduced in Rhode Island's legislature this week would prevent restaurants and hotels in the state from pocketing portions of the "service fe...

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Arizona GOP Leader: Let Kids Work For $4.65 An Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Workers, Florida Afl-Cio, Child Labor, Afl-Cio, Jobs, Arizona Minimum Wage, Arizona, Low Wage Workers, Restaurant Industry, Video, Youth Employment, Minimum Wage, Florida Minimum Wage, Restaurants, Gop, Outback Steakhouse, Florida, Servers, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers in Arizona are pushing legislation that would lower the legal minimum wage for younger part-time workers and tipped...

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Restaurant Lobby Tries To Slash Servers' Minimum Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Labor, Minimum Wage, Low-Wage Workers, Low Wages, Lobbying, Wages, Restaurants, Florida, Restaurant Lobby, National Restaurant Association, Miami Politics, Business News

The Florida restaurant lobby is pushing a bill that would drop the minimum wage for the state's restaurant servers and other tipped employees from $4....

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Protesters Speak Out Against Low Pay And Lack Of Benefits at Retail’s Big Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: National Retail Federation, Retail Action Project, Retail Means Jobs, Low Wage Workers, Retail's Big Show, Retail Workers, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Business News

NEW YORK -- On the third day of the National Retail Federation's annual convention, workers, union members and activists gathered outside the Javits C...

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N.Y. Building Cleaners Poised to Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: SEIU 32BJ, Strike, Pay, Low-Wage Workers, Empire State Building, Wages, Seiu, Rockefeller Center, Organized Labor, Time Warner Building, New York, Business News

Workers who clean more than 1,500 buildings in New York -- including iconic facilities such as the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and the T...

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Public or Private: Unemployment Hurts the Economy

Doug Moore | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Low-Wage Workers, Unemployment, Newt Gingrich Child Labor Laws, Newt Gingrich Child Labor, Newt Gingrich, Child Janitors, Child Labor Laws, Los Angeles News

When Newt Gingrich proposed that students take over cleaning our schools, he was rightly denounced for wanting to eliminate child labor laws. But not a word has been said about the low-wage janitors who would lose their jobs.

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America's Low-Wage Latino Workers Deserve Dignity and Respect

Eric Rodriguez | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Latinos, Low-Wage Workers, Latino Workers, Latino Prosperity, Politics News

Millions of workers, many of whom are Latino, are working hard for low wages -- holding down jobs that offer no benefits, no safety from workplace injury and no chance of upward mobility into good-quality jobs.

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Florida Stiffed Its Workers On Minimum Wage: Judge

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Working Poor, National Employment Law Project, Farm Workers, Minimum Wage, Labor, Low-Wage Workers, Low Wages, Florida, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A Florida judge has ruled the state violated its own constitution when it failed to raise the minimum wage for 2011. As a result, the ra...

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Two Different Realities About Workplace Flexibility

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Labor, Families and Work Institute, Low-Wage Workers, Dept. Of Labor Women's Bureau, Workplace Flexibility, White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility, Health Service Employees, National Dialogue on Workplace Flexibility, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Sara Manzano-Diaz, Business News

Low-wage employees tend to be less satisfied with their jobs and in poorer physical and mental health than higher-wage employees. And that's where flexibility comes in.

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No Red Carpet Needed

Julian L. Alssid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Joyce Foundation, Career Pathways, Low-Wage Workers, Unemployment, Adult Education, Bridge Program, Workforce Strategy Center, Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Training, Underemployment, Workforce Development, Jobs, Impact News

While adult education bridge programs by themselves will not solve our economic woes, they are a crucial piece in constructing a positive economic path forward.

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Minimal Wages For All

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Low-Wage Workers, Low Wages, Conservatives, Economy, Wages, Joe Miller, Kevin Hassett., Tom Emmer, Unemployment Benefits, Living Wage, John Raese, Repulicans, Conservative Economics, Linda McMahon, Politics News

Here's another reason to vote in the mid-term elections this November: Conservatives think you need a pay cut. As I've said once or twice before, cons...

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Even in a Recession, Flex Makes (Dollars and) Sense

Nanette Fondas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Low-Wage Workers, Flexible Work Arrangements, Workplace, Flextime, The Custom-Fit Workplace, Women in Business, Work-Life Balance, Workplace Flexibility, Work/Family Balance, Mothers, Business, Business News

Flex time, job-sharing, compressed schedules, and telecommuting: these workplace practices are needed now more than ever as we juggle the demands of work and other life commitments in a global, 24/7 economy.

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GM, Ford Ramp Up Production At Mexico Plants Where Workers Earn $26 Per Day

Bloomberg | [Bn:PRSN=1] Thomas Black [] | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Low-Wage Workers, Workers, Low Wages, Chrysler, General Motors, Gm, Wages, Labor Costs, Latin America, Ford Motor Company, Cheap Labor, Mexico Workers, Ford Motor Co, Workers Rights, Business News

June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's share of North American auto production may rise at a quicker pace as General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler G...

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Wage Theft Swamps Chicagoland: Workplace Protections Are Failing Cook County's Low-Wage Workers

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage, Labor, Low-Wage Workers, Workplace, Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Employment, Wage Theft, Center for Urban Economic Development, Labor Law, Chicago News

What if we had a minimum wage, but nobody felt constrained to pay it? What if day-long shifts never came with a meal break?

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Albany's New Wage Theft Bill Could Halt the Hidden Crime Wave

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albany, Labor, Low-Wage Workers, Workplace, Crime, Employment, Wage Theft, Labor Law, Albany Politics, New York State, New York News

Nearly a billion dollars were stolen in New York City last year. The crooks in question are corrupt bosses who steal their employees' earnings by paying less than minimum wage.

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'No Labor Market Recession For America's Affluent,' Low-Wage Workers Hit Hardest: STUDY

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Low-Income, Household Income, Labor Market, Unemployment Rate, Low-Wage Workers, America's Affluent, Bob Herbert, Jobs Crisis, Unemployement, Andrew Sum, Video, Business News

It's truly been a tale of two unemployment crises. Though the national unemployment rate dipped slightly in January to 9.7 percent, a new study sugge...

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New York's Hidden Crime Wave

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage, Labor, Low-Wage Workers, Wage Theft, Workplace, Crime, Employment, Labor Law, M. Patricia Smith, New York News

More than one in five workers in the city's low-wage industries was paid less than the minimum wage. More than three in four were denied the overtime pay they were legally owed.

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Latinos and the Unheard Third

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working Poor, Unheard Third Survey, Low-Wage Workers, Latinos, New York, Economy, Latinos Recession, Recession, Politics News

The story for low-income Latinos is dire. 26 percent of low-income Latinos reported losing their jobs in the past year and 70 percent had less than $500 in total savings.

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Low-Wage Workers Constantly Being Cheated Out Of Pay: Study

New York Times | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Low-Wage Workers, Workers, Wages, Business News

Low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage, according to a new study based on a survey of...

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Keep Sick Workers Home for All Our Sakes

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Security Guards, Low Wage Workers, Job Benefits, Unemployment, New York News

An estimated 1 million to 1.5 million New York City workers lack paid sick leave.

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Poll: Obama Holds 2 To 1 Edge Over McCain Among Low-Wage Workers

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poor Workers, Low-Wage Workers, Barack Obama, Low-Wage Workers Poll, Low Wage Workers Poll, Obama Mccain Poll, John McCain, Politics News

The Washington Post reports that Obama holds a 2 to 1 lead among low-wage workers in a new national poll: Democratic Sen. Barack Obama holds a 2 to 1...

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