January 2020

As cost of living soars, SF program to help struggling airport workers pay bills

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Heather Knight Jan. 7, 2020 In one of the most expensive cities in the world, plenty of fully employed people are one emergency away from a financial catastrophe. And in a region with almost no unemployment, bosses are constantly scrambling to keep their businesses fully staffed. This spring, Treasurer Jose Cisneros will launch a, well, […]

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Editorial — Taking their order: Food service employees have been spared state fiat on tip credit

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For several years, we have spoken out on this page against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s habit of manipulating the wages required to be paid to certain employees in certain industries. With little regard for the financial strains they confront, Mr. Cuomo has at times unilaterally decided that merchants make enough money to pay wages that

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Religious leaders ask politicians to work to reduce poverty

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By Jennifer McDermott, Jan. 7, 2020 Religious leaders in Rhode Island asked the state’s politicians Tuesday to pass bills this year to address poverty. Members of the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty marched to the Statehouse and gathered in the rotunda, prior to the opening of the new legislative session. Rabbi Michelle Dardashti,

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