The value of minimum wage today is lower than the value of minimum wage in 1956, according to the Let Justice Roll coalition of faith, community and business organizations.
The decline in worker buying power is one of the reasons...
National News You Can Use
Jul 26 2010
Hammond Daily Star (La.)
Jul 24 2010
Kansas City Star
Today, July 24, is the date that last...
Jul 23 2010
July 24 is the anniversary of last year’s raise in the federal minimum wage and no new increases are scheduled. The minimum wage is so low today at $7.25 an hour, says the Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign, that it’s lower...
Jul 23 2010
Religious Action Center RAC Blog
This Saturday, July 24th, has a dubious distinction among those of us fighting for economic justice: it will be the first time in three years that July 24th did not signify an increase in the federal minimum wage. In June 2007, ...
Jul 22 2010
Baltimore Sun
The current bill making its way through the Baltimore City Council to require retailers with gross sales over $10 million to pay their employees a living wage is an important piece of legislation which was unnecessarily maligned by columnist Marta...
Mar 11 2010
The Bureau of Labor Statistics International
Labor Comparisons Program is proposed
for elimination in the President's FY-2011 budget. For just $2 million
annually and with 50 years of experience, the BLS International Labor
Comparisons Program...
Feb 26 2010
New York Times
Feb 26 2010
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The White House is looking at a new policy that would
give an advantage in bidding on government contracts to companies that
offer a "living wage" and generous benefits.
But business groups opposing the idea maintain it would shut...
Feb 11 2010
Washington Post
Despite the recession, the restaurant industry is thriving. Many of its
workers, however, are not.
A new report from the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (...
Dec 24 2009
McClatchy Tribune News Service
The Scrooges of Wall Street were surprised a year ago by visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
The Ghost of Christmas Past took them back to 1973, when the poverty rate was the lowest on record. The Ghost showed...
The Ghost of Christmas Past took them back to 1973, when the poverty rate was the lowest on record. The Ghost showed...
