Closing The Wage Gap

This story is prompted by a picket sign I saw at a recent anti-police brutality protest sponsored by two San Francisco families, one Latino and one Black, whose sons were shot dead in separate incidents following a barrage of police bullets. Among the crowd of 150 activists standing in the pouring rain in front of […]

Some of the highest employment rates in the advanced world are in places with the highest taxes and most generous welfare systems, namely Scandinavian countries. The United States and many other nations with relatively low taxes and a smaller social safety net actually have substantially lower rates of employment. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/upshot/nordic-nations-show-that-big-safety-net-can-allow-for-leap-in-employment-rate-.html

Homecare workers in San Mateo County protest that their wait of 11 years is far too long for a pay increase. Listen at 23 minute mark: https://kpfa.org/archive/id/108616

Whole Foods employees in the SOMA are reviving an old tradition of unionism -originated from the Industrial Workers of the World. They are fighting for a $5 wage increase along with other demands. Listen at 35 minute mark: https://kpfa.org/archive/id/108410

San Francisco Living Wage Coalition’s Co-Director, Karl Kramer speaks on the overwhelming support for Proposition J by citizens. He also mentions the next step is to identify the fundamental causes of income inequality and wealth disparity. Listen: https://kpfa.org/archive/id/108152