Low Wages

Business Lessons From a Bookmaking Front

Don McNay | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: McNay Settlement Group, Small Business, Low Wages, Bookmaking, Newport Kentucky, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Don McNay, Long Hours, Outsourcing, Dry Cleaners, Small Business America, Lottery Winners, Business News

There was one factor that made the dry cleaners a smart business decision. In its back room there was a bookmaking operation and an ongoing card game.

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Dem Calls For Higher Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Days For All

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: School-Modernization, Economy, Tom Harkin, Mitt Romney, Jobs, Restaurant Workers, Restaurant Lobby, Barack Obama, Infrastructure, Minimum Wage, Labor, Labor Unions, Low Wages, Sick Days, Restaurants, Paid Sick Days, Low Wage Work, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on Thursday included a litany of measures aimed at boosting income for low-wage worke...

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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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Widespread Inequality in the Restaurant Industry Means Hardship for Women Workers

Debra L. Ness | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sexual Harassment, Paid Sick Days, Labor, Low Wages, Fair Pay, Workplace Discrimination, Work and Family, Minimum Wage, Restaurants, Business News

The restaurant industry is the only industry that has a wage gap established by law, which results in significantly lower wages for women workers than for men.

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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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Wages Fell In 2011, While Corporate Profits Surged

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Labor's Share of Income, Labor, Video, Low Wages, Workers, Corporate Profits, Profits, Wages, Salary, Work Productivity, Labor Share of Income, Worker Productivity, Productivity, Business News

A new report out Tuesday shows that working Americans made less money last year, as real wages fell about two percent in 2011, when accounting for inf...

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2012: A Political Economy Year

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Politics, Instability, Low Wages, Profits, Corporate America, Wages, Ows, Jobs, Economic Inequality, Economic Growth, Tea Party, US Economy 2012, Election 2012, Business News

The politics and political norms of the U.S. are shifting as the economy has already shifted. 2012 looks set to be the year when this dramatically emerges.

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Both Public And Private Sector Wages Barely Grew Over Twelve Months

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.23.2012

Whether you work for the government or the private sector, it's likely your salary didn't go up much in 2011, but federal workers saw their wages grow...

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Women on the Margins of the Labor Market

Sarah Damaske | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Working Women, Women, Work-Life Balance, Low Wages, Great Recession, Recession, Women News

Since the 1970s, women have made remarkable strides in the labor market, but these changes have been incomplete, leaving many working-class women on the margins of the labor market, facing high levels of unemployment.

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Gender Pay Gap, Once Closing, Largely Stagnates During Economic Slowdown

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Salaries, Video, Education, Low Wages, Gender Discrimination, Women Pay, Low-Income, Wages, Gender Pay Gap, Low Income, Men Pay, Business News

Though the share of women participating in the low-wage workforce has declined in the past three decades, it's remained relatively stagnant for the la...

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Low Wage Concerns Are Not The Ties That Bind at Zuccotti Park

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Video, Low Wages, Solidarity, Occupy Wall Street, Pensions, Protests, Public Pensions, Economic Inequality, New York City Police Department, Business News

On Sunday, Jack Adamo stood at the corner of Broadway and Cedar Street, one of the ways into Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, holding a hand-written...

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Key Dem Lawmaker Fights Raise For Crab Pickers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Hotels, Labor, Video, Low Wages, Workers, Guestworkers, Hotel-Industry, Crabs, Guest Workers, H-2b, Barbara Mikulski, Seafood, Business News

WASHINGTON -- At the end of this month, many of the foreign guest workers employed in low-wage American jobs will be getting a raise, courtesy of a ne...

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Latino Farm Workers, No Pay And No Play

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: California Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Farm Workers, Farm Worker Wages, Low Wages, Central Valley, California's Central Valley, Latino-Politics, Latino Voices News

By Eduardo Stanley FRESNO - No one knows the exact number of farm workers who year after year raise and harvest the crops grown in the Central Vall...

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Nickel and Dimed (2011 Version)

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Welfare, Unemployment, Low Wages, Poverty, Food Stamps, Suicide, Medical Care, Jobs, Poor, Nickel and Dimed, Health Care, Politics News

The most shocking thing I learned from my research on the fate of the working poor in the recession was the extent to which poverty has been criminalized in America.

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How the McEconomy Bombed the American Worker: The Hollowing Out of the Middle Class

Andy Kroll | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Economic Recovery, Low Wages, Unemployment, Mcdonalds Jobs, Economy, Mcjobs, Employment, Jobs, Low Paying Jobs, Unemployment Rate, Business News

Yes, jobs are being created, but what kinds of jobs paying what kinds of wages? Can those jobs sustain a modest lifestyle and pay the bills, or are we living through a McJobs recovery?

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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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Fox's John Stossel Is Wrong to Oppose the Minimum Wage

Anne L. Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage Increase, John Stossel, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Federal Minimum Wage, Pizza, Wal Mart, Russell Roberts, College Tuition, Fox Business, Hut, Teenage Workers, Politics News

John Stossel claims that the minimum wage cuts jobs. But experience shows otherwise. That's because better-paid workers are better employees.

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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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REI Co-Op Members Rise Up: My Agitprop Job App

Jeff Ballinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workers, Low Wages, Nike, Patagonia, Fashion/Apparel, Csr, Outdoors, Sweatshops, Co-Ops, Workers Rights, Business News

This may seem like a cheeky way to get my job application read, but I'm telling you in all sincerity that there are things that your co-op can do that are game-changing.

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Republicans Like High Unemployment and Short Unemployment Benefits

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Obama Unemployment, Unemployed, Low Wages, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Extension 2010, Economy, Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Extension, Republicans Unemployment, Politics News

Unemployment benefits are one of the most effective ways of stimulating the economy. Someone getting unemployment spends it on gas and other necessities, which leads to job growth in sectors that sell necessities.

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Chronic Unemployment: Crisis or 'Correction'

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Unemployed, Low Wages, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, Long-Term Unemployment, Wages, Unemployment Benefits, Job Training, Joblessness, College Graduates, Recession, Business News

The current rate of joblessness, and Washington's lack of political will to remedy it, make me wonder if our officials see long-term unemployment as "the new normal" that must simply be accepted.

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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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Personifying Corporate Greed

Stuart Appelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Living Wages, Fair Wages, Low Wages, Wages, Ceos, Corporate Greed, Larry Young, Business News

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group CEO Larry Young probably doesn't worry about how he'll provide for his family. You don't have to when you're squeezing money out of the employees who helped build your business.

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The Ports Challenge

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, James Galbraith, Port of Long Beach, Port of Seattle, Pollution, Environmental Groups, Teamsters Union, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California, Low Wages, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Workers Compensation, Greenhouse Gases, Port of Newark, Port of Oakland, Medicare, American Trucking Associations, Los Angeles News

I hate to think we've become a country that has lost the concept of public purpose, a country that allows corporations to poison the people who live nearby. But apparently they're too much for the trucking industry.

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