Closing The Wage Gap

April 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Alameda on track to boost minimum wage

By Peter Geharty April 22, 2020 The coronavirus may have closed businesses and left owners and workers feeling uneasy about their future, but those working in this city on minimum wage are still on track to get a raise. The ...more

April 27, 2020

Push to get essential workers hazard pay during coronavirus outbreak

By Viktoria Hallikaar April 21, 2020 As essential workers continue keeping our nation afloat a toll is being taken on them. Long hours, close contact with others, and a risk for catching the virus are all things they have to ...more

April 20, 2020

Amid Pandemic States Nursing Home Workers Will Get Extra Pay

By Laura Krantz April 14, 2020 After pressure from desperately understaffed nursing homes, state officials on Tuesday said they will soon grant the facilities permission to boost some workers’ pay by 25 percent amid the COVID-19 ...more

April 20, 2020

Quebec Minimum Wage Will Go Up On May 1

By Thomas MacDonald April 15, 2020 Minimum wage earners are about to get a little boost. In a press release Wednesday morning, the Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Solidarity, Jean Boulet, confirmed that the Quebec minimum ...more

April 20, 2020

Human rights advocates call for higher minimum wage for essential employees

By Dallas Parker April 14, 2020 While thousands of Alabamians have filed for unemployment benefits in the past few weeks, essential workers are still making their daily commutes. But is their risk worth the reward? One human ...more

April 20, 2020

Illinois business leaders renew debate over minimum wage during COVID-19

By OurQuadCities April 14, 2020 Many business leaders are hoping to bring back employees they were forced to lay off after the stay-at-home order ends. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce believes the July increase would make it much ...more

April 13, 2020

Nonprofits are key to economic recovery and reform

By Karthick Ramakrishnan | April 11, 2020 Did one of your family members need medical attention this week? Did a friend speak to a crisis counselor, or a did a neighbor need help accessing a food pantry? If so, thank a nonprofit ...more

April 13, 2020

Why do so many 'essential' workers get paid so little. Here's what economists have to say

By Washington Post's Christopher Ingraham April 12, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has divided the American labor force into two classes: those who are essential to keeping society running, and everyone else. The essential workers ...more

April 13, 2020

'Social distancing' still crucial for rural America, which invented it

By Alan Guebert | Apr 12, 2020 “Less than 14% of the nation’s population is over 65 years,” noted Megan L. Srinivas in the April 7 Des Moines Register, “but this group represents over 18% of the population in rural areas.”...more

April 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Minimum wage boost may be shelved in Alameda

By Peter Hegarty April 12, 2020 Workers in Alameda hoping for a bit more in their paycheck may have to wait another year if the City Council postpones a planned hike in the minimum wage to spare businesses struggling to survive ...more