wages

How a Raise in the Minimum Wage Could Benefit Both Workers and the National Economy

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage, Uncategorized, wages / By max cyril

On June 7, 2011, the Center for American Progress hosted a panel discussion on research conducted on minimum wage increases, and the economic effects these increases caused. Participants included: David Madland (Center for American Progress Action Fund), Helen Neuborne (Ford Foundation), Heidi Shierholz (Economic Policy Institute), Celinda Lake (Lake Research Partners), Sylvia Allegretto (University of …

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Study: Increasing Wages at Wal-Mart Would Barely Affect Shoppers

Leave a Comment / wages, Wal Mart / By max cyril

Wal-Mart is the largest private-sector employer in the United States. It employs more than 1.4 million workers here, but pays them an estimated 12 percent less than average retail workers in the country. Many argue that, while unfortunate, such low wages help poor families since by allowing them to purchase goods cheaply. That argument was …

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Attack on Middle-Class Jobs, Workers Is Nationwide

Leave a Comment / immigration, Right to Work & At-Will employment, wage theft, wages / By max cyril

The incredible response and mobilizations against the coordinated attacks on workers’ rights and middle-class jobs in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana have grabbed most of the media spotlight during the past few weeks. But there are other serious assaults under way in dozens of states, pushed by corporate CEOs and their Republican puppets. Perhaps flying lowest under …

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Is the Labor Department Dragging Its Feet On Promising Anti-Wage Theft Measure?

Leave a Comment / Department of Labor, wage theft, wages / By max cyril

Advocates estimate that tens of billions dollars are stolen from workers every year through wage theft. A national survey of workers in the United States’ three largest cities – New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles – showed the startling finding that 26 percent of those surveyed in low-wage industries were paid less than the minimum …

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New Global Report: The Power of Unions to Improve Wages

Will Albany Stop the Wage Thieves?

Leave a Comment / wage theft / By max cyril

It’s difficult to imagine anything more basic to a free economy than the right of an employee to be paid for his or her work. Yet this fundamental right is violated in New York’s low-wage industries as a matter of routine. Research from the National Employment Law Project concludes that a fifth of the city’s …

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Kiss The Jobs and Wages Goodbye: Hello “Free Trade” Again

Leave a Comment / Free Trade, wages / By max cyril

Yesterday, I wrote about the disastrous state of labor in the wake of the elections. Suffering from either a lack of sleep or simple brain lock, I neglected to include one of the most dangerous coming debacles: we have lost much of the ground built opposing so-called “free trade” agreements, which have played a central …

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A Worldwide Revolt Against Poverty Wages

Leave a Comment / wages, Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

Yesterday, I wrote about how the decline of U.S. wages has made workers here cheaper to hire than workers in India, at least in the call center industry. Today, the news hails from Asia where workers are rising up against poverty-level wages. From the Financial Times (and, as a side observation, the FT gives far …

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Domestic Workers in New York Win First-Ever Job Protections

Leave a Comment / Workplace Bill of Rights / By max cyril

Domestic workers in New York have won historic changes to the state’s labor law to include protections for their jobs. Final votes on Thursday ended weeks of wrangling between state Assembly and Senate leaders and Governor David Paterson, who said he would sign the bill. The law guarantees domestic workers time-and-half pay for more than …

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