Wages
Irish unions battle minimum wage cuts
September 20, 2013Can you imagine battling the Great Recession by cutting the minimum wage?
Read moreWhere is justice in cutting food stamps?
September 19, 2013Of those receiving government help in the form of food stamps or the SNAP program, 76 percent are children, disabled, or elderly.
Read moreSub-minimum wage Internet employer loses round one in federal court
September 19, 2013Some Internet companies misclassify their workers as "independent contractors," thereby paying them far less than the federal minimum wage.
Read moreVideo: Flash mob steps for justice at N.C. Walmart
September 13, 2013RALEIGH, N.C. - As Walmart workers petition managers, Sept. 5, to reinstate employees who have been unfairly treated a flash mob breaks out in a local store here.
Read moreLabor Secretary Perez vows to grow middle class, “so help me God”
September 13, 2013LOS ANGELES (PAI)-New Labor Secretary Tom Perez virtually threw away his script at the AFL-CIO Convention here, with a stem-winder speech, pledging worker protections, promising labor and the administration would do it together and with several...
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