Wages – Page 37 – People's World

Organizing a cure for flatlining wages

January 8, 2018 By Rev. Jim Conn

Unemployment is low, profits are high, but wages remain stubbornly flat. Could the decline of organized labor be to blame?

Wage cut rollout leads Univ. of Georgia workers to launch union drive

December 4, 2017 By PAI

“The rollout was worthy of Ebenezer Scrooge,” said the United Campus Workers.

Second City service staff to hold union election

November 14, 2017 By Patrick J. Foote

"These people work really hard for the betterment of others, and they deserve better than what they’re getting."

Joint Employer bill: Republicans say nobody’s responsible for wage theft

November 9, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

The so-called “Save Local Business Act” says that a franchisor is not responsible for labor law-breaking by its franchise-holder, even when the parent firm controls virtually everything at the local outlet.

As AFL-CIO convention opens, Trumka emphasizes need to battle income inequality

October 22, 2017 By John Wojcik

Income inequality and the wage gap are more than simply unfair, according to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.