Karl Kramer

Demanding a change: Valley Lyft drivers unite and protest against new pay rates

September 8, 2019. PHOENIX – Local Lyft drivers are sending a message Saturday, demanding change from the ride-sharing company and citing low pay and safety concerns. We spoke with about a dozen Lyft drivers. Some of them could be out here tonight trying to make a living — something they say is becoming so hard […]

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Lower-paid N.H. workers have seen wages decline compared to cost of living, even as economy booms

Saturday, September 07, 2019 CONCORD — Despite years of economic growth and record employment in the state, lower-paid New Hampshire workers have seen their wages decline compared to inflation over the past decade, according to a new report. “In straightforward terms, those individuals in the state making the median wage or less actually have less

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A call to presidential candidates: Show us your plan to #EndPoverty

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 Twelve million children in America went to bed hungry last night. But you wouldn’t know it from the last two Democratic primary debates, where the issue of poverty barely crossed the lips of the 20 candidates and was completely ignored by the media moderators. Poverty is a threat to our nation’s economy,

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Job growth is slowing, but the US economy is doing just fine

By Alexia Fernández Campbell | Sep 6, 2019 Job growth slowed again in August, with 130,000 new jobs added to the US economy, compared to 159,000 positions created in July, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The slowdown suggests the severe labor shortage is holding back economic growth. And

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Grocery workers poised to strike in Southern California

Russell Redman | Sep 06, 2019 A grocery workers strike is looming in Southern California as United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) employees at more than 500 Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions supermarkets next week plan to vote on the retailers’ contract proposals. Negotiations with UFCW Locals 770, 324, 1167, 135, 8, 1428 and 1442

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