Wages

D.C. unions to City Council: We’ll remember your Walmart vote

September 23, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Workers citywide will remember which city council members voted for Walmart in upholding Mayor Vincent Gray's veto of legislation requiring a $12.50 minimum wage.

Irish unions battle minimum wage cuts

September 20, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Can you imagine battling the Great Recession by cutting the minimum wage?

Where is justice in cutting food stamps?

September 19, 2013 By Brian McAfee

Of those receiving government help in the form of food stamps or the SNAP program, 76 percent are children, disabled, or elderly.

Sub-minimum wage Internet employer loses round one in federal court

September 19, 2013 By Dana Spitzer And Ed Finkelstein

Some Internet companies misclassify their workers as "independent contractors," thereby paying them far less than the federal minimum wage.

Video: Flash mob steps for justice at N.C. Walmart

September 13, 2013 By Special to People’s World

RALEIGH, 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.