Closing The Wage Gap

by Tarang Saluja, Sophie Peterson, and Olivia Medeiros-Sakimoto April 13, 2023 Do you remember why you applied to Swarthmore? In the 2022-2023 U.S. News rankings, Swarthmore was ranked as the #4 liberal arts college in the country. The class sizes are generally small, which allows professors and students to connect more meaningfully. The campus (when […]

By Mona Zhao April 13, 2023 Dozens of UC employees gathered outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to call for higher wages. The rally, put on by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents more than 30,000 UC service workers

By Alicia Robinson April 13, 2023 Employees at two hotels in Downtown Long Beach are celebrating $4 per hour raises and other benefits that union representatives hope to spread to thousands of other hospitality workers across the region in ongoing contract talks. The Hyatt Regency and Hyatt Centric agreed to bring minimum pay to between $22

By Gili Malinsky April 14, 2023 About half of U.S. states hiked their minimum wages in January, with a few more gearing up to do so later this year. Eight state minimums now hover in the $13 per hour range, like those in Illinois and Arizona. Eighteen remain the same as the federal minimum, $7.25 per hour, like those

By Associated Press April 14, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10 years and says he has gotten exactly one raise — for 50 cents. This week, as leaders from around the world are in D.C for the spring meeting of the poverty-fighting