March 2022

By Dani Anguiano PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 2022 By Tuesday afternoon, Lyft driver Elida Zabaleta had earned $100 in the five hours she spent ferrying passengers across the city of San Jose. With gas prices in California surging, she’d have to use more than half of that to cover fuel for the day, leaving her with just $45. […]

by Gwynne Hogan PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 2022 Nneka Millette, 44, helps run a drop-in center for homeless youth in Brownsville, Brooklyn. But in the last few months, she said she’s found it impossible to keep the center staffed. “I call people for jobs all the time and we have people who actually laugh at the

by Eduardo Porter March 7, 2022 A Biden administration report says collusion and other constraints on competition hold down pay and prospects in the labor market. The recent narrative is that there is a tight labor market that gives workers leverage. But a new report from the Biden administration argues that the deck is still stacked

by DANIA ROMERO Wednesday, March 9th 2022 EUREKA, Calif. — A protest was held today at the Granada rehabilitation center in Eureka, to urge a rise in wages for health care workers. Many said at the protest, that their earnings aren’t enough to sustain a living on the North Coast, even showing proof that they’re making more

Study finds renters in states that raised their minimum wage during the first decade of the 2000s experienced fewer defaults than renters in states that did not raise their wage floor. by Clark Merrefield | March 7, 2022 | In the months after a state raises its minimum wage, fewer residents miss their rent payments,