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More Americans Now Turning To Day Labor Jobs Once Held By Illegal Immigrants

usatoday.com | Emily Bazar | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Housing Market, Low Wages, Unemployment, Day Labor, Illegal Immigrants, Migrant Labor, Manual Labor, Financial Crisis, Immigrants, Day Laborers, Recession, Business News

Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal im...

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$13 An Hour Job Gets 500 Applications

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Low Wages, Hourly Wage, Indiana, C.R. England, Business News

C.R. England, a nationwide trucking company, needed an administrative assistant for its bustling driver training school here. Responsibilities include...

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Labor-Environmental Coalition Targets Wal-Mart

The Washington Post | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Walmart, Environmental Groups, Ufcw, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Health Care, Low Wages, Green, Business, Home News

Labor groups renewed their campaign against Wal-Mart on Tuesday, launching a coalition that calls for improvements in the company's wages, health care...

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Health Care Keeps Many Americans At Low-Wage Jobs

Yahoo! News | Ed Stoddard | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Starbucks, Low Wages, Public Option, Health Care, Business News

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (Reuters) -- Real estate agent Lisa DeWaal serves coffee at a Starbucks outlet for four hours every morning before she goes to the of...

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Not Just Any Job is Good Enough

Beth Shulman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Low Wages, Unemployment, Workers, Economy, Living Wage, Jobs, Labor Unions, Living News
Beth Shulman

President Obama should use the power of the presidency to ensure living wages in the jobs resulting from his initiatives. Pre-recession, 1/4 of jobs in the U.S. paid sub-poverty wages.

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Weekly Audit: Curbing Decline in 2009 (Economy NewsLadder)

The Media Consortium | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Cards, Low Wages, Recovery Package, Stimulus Plan, Public Investment, Economy NewsLadder, Student Loans, Newsladder, Economy, 100 Days, Politics News
The Media Consortium

The first step in rebuilding a government that actually responds to problems before they reach the bailout stage will be Obama's highly anticipated economic recovery package.

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Economic Recovery: Fairness for Low-Income Families

Judy Patrick and Surina Khan | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Workers, Wages, Fair Play Act, Politics News
Judy Patrick and Surina Khan

Already disadvantaged by years of workplace and legislative failures, women and their families face an increasingly insecure future if policies are not adjusted to meet our ever more pressing needs.

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Caco-Phony and Clarity

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Democrats Presidential Election 2008, Housing Market, Prices, Low Wages, Economics, Inflation, Housing Crisis, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

The bells are tolling for millions caught off guard by stagnant wages and job growth, falling savings, rising debt, shrinking wealth and spiking prices. But turnaround is possible and has been done before.

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