March 2020

Holyoke mayor believes those incarcerated should receive fair minimum wage

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By Jada Furlow March 28, 2020 Holyoke Mayor Alex B. Morse calls for incarcerated individuals to establish a fair minimum wage. According to a news release sent to 22New, Morse believes Congress should amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to explicitly include incarcerated workers in order to support the dignity of their life-saving contributions to […]

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City leaders urge lawmakers to freeze minimum wage hike amid coronavirus

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By Kara Biernat March 27, 2020 A call from Quincy city leaders to push back the minimum wage increases in Illinois, set to go into effect in July. They said this is just another way to help businesses through what they’re calling a health and economic crisis. At TCBY, employees said due to the coronavirus,

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CalculateHow Much You’ll Get From the $1,200 (or more) Coronavirus Checks

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By Ashlyn Still, Heather Long and Kevin Uhrmacher | March 27, 2020 The U.S. government is about to send checks — or direct deposits — to most Americans to help people survive financially as much of the economy shuts down in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Bipartisan legislation passed by

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How much money do young San Franciscans have to survive COVID-19?

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By Ray Levy-Uyeda | March 25, 2020 In a country of nearly 330 million, where 40% of the population is living paycheck to-paycheck, how wealthy does someone have to be to combat COVID-19? Like many other public health issues in the United States, the coronavirus outbreak illustrates how income inequality affects your ability to get

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UCSC teaching assistant strike: Revolt of the academic subalterns

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Protests are escalating against the systematic exploitation of teaching assistants by academic institutions in the US. By Tamoghna Halder |Mar 25, 2020 On February 28, the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) fired 82 teaching assistants for demanding higher pay to afford the area’s high cost of living. In December, after months of back and

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