We're All Living on The Supermarket Plantation
Farm workers’ gains of the 1970s have been rolled back, especially in Florida, as revealed in a new documentary. Publix Super Markets likes to refer to itself as the place “Where shopping is a...
View ArticleCroatia: SGH elects women president and reinforces struggle for safe jobs and...
(Source: BWI - Building and Wood Worker's International) Under the moto "Safe Jobs and Decent Wages", the 9th Assembly of the SGH elected Jasenka Vuksic as president of the Trade Union of Construction...
View ArticleAir Canada pilots OK 10-year contract
MONTREAL - Air Canada's pilots have ratified a 10-year contract that includes a large signing bonus, wage increases of more than 20 per cent over the life of the pact and an improved profit-sharing...
View ArticleCan we be satisfied with our jobs? (Statistical Office of The Republic of...
(Source: Statistical Office of The Republic of Slovenia) In the last decade, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in cooperation with Member States of the United Nations and Eurostat has been...
View ArticleThousands of low-paid Britons set for pay rise
Thousands of UK workers are set for a pay rise after a surge in the number of companies signed up to the Living Wage. The number of companies has more than doubled in the last year, meaning 35,000...
View ArticleThe Facts about FairPoint's Proposals
PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- FairPoint Communications spokeswoman Angelynne Beaudry today issued the following statement about the company's implemented proposals: In early August, two...
View ArticleWHD News Release: Workers face millions in unpaid wages in Southern...
(Source: US Department of Labor) WHD News Release: [11/06/2014] Contact Name: Leo F. Kay or Jose A. Carnevali Phone Number: (415) 625-2630 or 2631 Email: Kay.Leo.F@dol.gov or Carnevali.Jose@dol.gov...
View ArticleNew employment laws 'common sense'
BusinessNZ has dismissed claims by one of New Zealand's largest unions that new employment laws will drive down wages and reduce workers' bargaining power. Yesterday a law change bringing in workplace...
View ArticleMore than one fifth of UK workers earn less than living wage
Bar staff and shop assistants among those most likely to live hand to mouth because of low pay, warns report ...
View ArticleEnd of daylight-saving time means extra hour of work, not sleep for some...
Before you start running your mouth about what a relief, what a treat, what an absolute delight it’s going to be to get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night, think about the person next to you. Maybe...
View ArticleRaising the minimum wage: How to get to fair pay without politics...
Charles Lane is a member of The Washington Post's editorial board. By Charles Lane | The Washington Post Of all the instruments government might employ to fight income inequality and reward work, the...
View ArticleFair minimum pay, without politics
Of all the instruments government might employ to fight income inequality and reward work, the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 per hour, is one of the bluntest. Congress sets it based on nothing...
View ArticleFair pay, without politics
Of all the instruments government might employ to fight income inequality and reward work, the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 per hour, is one of the bluntest. Congress sets it based on nothing...
View ArticleGovernment’s latest workplace changes designed to drive down wages,...
(Source: ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions) 29 October, 2014 | Media Release The latest instalment of the Abbott Government's anti-worker agenda attacks basic workplace rights and will make it...
View ArticleL.A. Garment Workers Are Robbed of Millions by Employers, Feds Say
They come to take our jobs? Then we don't pay them? What has this country come to? The U.S. Labor Department Wage and Hour Division said this week that Los Angeles was, by far, the nation's capital of...
View ArticleMinimum wage is based on nothing but politics
Add comment Reprints + - Protesters rally outside of a Wendy's in support of raising fast food wages from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour in Brooklyn. (Dec. 5, 2013) Photo Credit: Getty Images...
View ArticleCourt ruling a big win for female workers
OPINION: Readers are likely to be familiar with the name of Kristine Bartlett, whose recent victory in the Court of Appeal has been in the news. Bartlett is employed as a caregiver at a rest home owned...
View ArticleLabour Constituency’s input to Nedlac Indaba by Zwelinzima Vavi, 4 November...
(Source: COSATU - The Congress of South African Trade Unions) Labour Constituency's input to Nedlac Indaba by Zwelinzima Vavi, 4 November 2014 Today's Indaba will, we hope, be a historic turning point...
View ArticleNav Canada: Ratification Kit (PSAC - Public Service Alliance of Canada)
(Source: PSAC - Public Service Alliance of Canada) File: 2122-984-3 November 4, 2014 TO: ALL PSAC/UCTE MEMBERS AT THE NAV CANADA RE: RATIFICATION OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENT...
View ArticleNYU tech-work program pays students only $10/hr
It’s high-end tech work for fast-food pay. NYU Poly is supplying cheap labor for startups — with international students doing computer programming and electrical engineering for a measly $10 an hour,...
View ArticleWomen in Denmark Urged to Drop Work Till 2015 to Protest Pay Gap
Women, take tomorrow off! In fact, take the rest of the year off! Danish unions representing more than 1.1 million private and public employees, at least half the country’s workforce, are urging women...
View ArticleWorkers at Nestle Venezuela plant lift brief strike over wages
CARACAS Oct 30 (Reuters) - Workers at a Nestle plant in Venezuela on Wednesday halted a strike over wages after agreeing to restart negotiations with the world's biggest food group. The roughly 780...
View ArticleFriday Talking Points -- A Democratic Economic Platform for Next Time
Not a fun week to be a Democrat, was it? President Obama called the 2010 midterms a "shellacking." He demurred on providing a label for the 2014 midterms, but others sprang into the void. The most...
View ArticleCompanies paying Americans the least
In the wake of mounting protests from labor groups, numerous U.S. localities have approved minimum wage increases, including two of the nation’s largest cities, Seattle and San Francisco. Yet,...
View ArticleWage Theft comes to America
In Denmark fast food workers make $20 an hour plus benefits, and the corporations who employ them are still profitable. Why there and not here? The answer is simple and painful -- wage theft. In...
View ArticleDenmark McDonald's Workers Get Paid Vastly Higher Wages
Getty See Also Fast food workers across the globe have been holding protests and walking out on their jobs in an attempt to force the industry to raise wages to at least $15 an hour. In response to the...
View ArticleEmployment Appeal Tribunal Q&A: Do the new holiday pay rules mean you'll earn...
Staff who regularly clock up overtime could now be able to claim additional pay for annual vacation leave. The decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturns established practice in which only...
View ArticleHoliday pay: Who is affected – and how much could you be paid?
Staff who regularly clock up overtime could now be able to claim additional pay for annual vacation leave. The decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturns established practice in which only...
View ArticleThe Fast Food Industry In Denmark Offers Something Its U.S. Counterpart Does...
With all the chaos surrounding minimum wage, it seems as if an increase in minimum wage is more trouble than it appears to be. However, one country seems to have gotten it right as it is reported their...
View ArticleFast food work that pays $20/hr.? A look at where it's possible: The Numbers...
The Numbers Racket takes a look at numbers worth talking about. Thanks to this report in the New York Times, we have some pretty interesting info on a...
View ArticleHere's Why The Fed Is Flummoxed By The Labor Market
Bureau of Labor Statistics At times I imagine Fed Chair Janet Yellen walking purposefully within the cloister of the Fed’s Eccles Building in Washington muttering the words of Ludwig Bemelmans' Miss...
View ArticleImplats pay hike a 'fracture point' that sparked Marikana
Wage increases for workers at Impala Platinum had a direct impact on the events at Lonmin in the run-up to the Marikana massacre in August 2012, counsel for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has...
View ArticleFederal contract workers go on strike over wages, bargaining rights
WASHINGTON — Federal contract workers at the U.S. Capitol and other high profile locations in Washington planned to go on a one-day strike Thursday, pushing for higher wages and collective bargaining...
View ArticleFederal contract workers in D.C. plan one-day strike
WASHINGTON Federal contract workers at the U.S. Capitol and other high profile locations in Washington planned to go on a one-day strike Thursday, pushing for higher wages and collective bargaining...
View ArticleCapitol workers ask Obama for pay 'more like Costco and less like Walmart'
Federal contract workers push the president to raise wages for the people who serve breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Capitol ...
View ArticleDC Strikers Demand 'More Than the Minimum' for Federal Workers
Should our government be for good jobs with good wages and benefits -- the things most of We the People want in our lives? Or should it be for bad jobs, low wages, no benefits -- the very things that a...
View ArticlePay Deal Yes In Local Government And Schools (GMB - Britain's General Union)
(Source: GMB - Britain's General Union) Friday, November 14, 2014 GMB Members In Local Government And Schools In England, Wales And Northern Ireland Vote To Accept Improved Pay Offer 1.5 million...
View ArticleWhere's the meat in the workers' pay?
As McDonald’s celebrates its 40th anniversary with a rash of giveaways to its British customers, its staff are wondering where their presents are. A remarkably successful campaign that is getting a $15...
View ArticleTo respect human rights, fashion needs business, unions and governments
The living wage is central to human rights in business, but only a sector-wide approach can achieve one in the apparel industry ...
View ArticleObama's War On Working Women
Now that the midterm elections are over, the Department of Labor is getting ready to release new proposed rules on overtime pay. These rules will fulfill President Obama's promise to raise the salary...
View ArticleSlow wage rises show Australia's industrial relations system is working
Business leaders show little gratitude for wage restraint and productivity increases under our IR system, preferring instead to believe there is some magic fairy of greater competitiveness ...
View ArticleHow to achieve fair wages in the fashion industry - we ask the experts
In light of the recent feminist T-shirt scandal, experts share their thoughts on achieving fairer wages for workers in countries that supply to the fashion industry ...
View ArticleUK fast-food workers get US lesson in protesting against poverty wages
US workers who launched high-profile campaign now touring the world teaching peers how to take direct action against bosses ...
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