Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Nebraskans Protest Bill Creating Separate, Lower Minimum Wage For Teenagers
By Sahid Fawaz March 19, 2023 Workers in Nebraska are protesting a controversial bill limiting the minimum wage for teenagers. 1011 Now reports: “Taking a step back—that was the theme at the Belmont Community Center on Saturday. That’s something organizers against LB327, which was spliced together with lb15 in committee, say the bill will do
Thousands protest in Portugal to demand higher wages
March 20 2023 Thousands of protesters filled downtown Lisbon on March 18 to demand higher wages and pensions, as well as government intervention to cap soaring food prices they say are strangling already tight budgets. Portugal is one of Western Europe’s poorest countries and official data shows that more than 50 percent of Portuguese workers
Iranian Employers Threaten Large Layoffs Over Minimum Wage Increase
Sunday, 03/19/2023 A 15-hour session of the Supreme Labor Council, the body responsible for determining the minimum wage, ended without reaching a final agreement Saturday, leaving millions of workers in doubt of their future. The government has already decided to give its employees both in the administrative bureaucracy and its business enterprises a mere 20-percent raise when
Day 2 of LAUSD strike dawns amid more protests, more rancor, more rain
By Clara Harter | charter@scng.com, Delilah Brumer and Christina Merino | cmerino@scng.com | March 22, 2023 Day 2 of a mammoth strike that shut down classes at Los Angeles Unified School District schools dawned on Wednesday, March 22, with protesters in rainy day garb as they rallied amid showers at 4:30 a.m. at a school
“A step in the right direction”: UA raises the minimum wage for employees, working students in July
February 8, 2023 by William Bennett Many University of Arizona employees will soon be able to count on extra money on their paychecks thanks to an upcoming increase in the minimum wage for campus workers. From July 1, 2023, the minimum hourly wage will be EUR 15.00 for university employees and EUR 14.50 for working
Liquor bosses ordered to pay $250K for breaching minimum wage and holiday laws
3 Feb, 2023, By Katie Harris Former liquor store workers have been awarded $259,685 after their bosses failed to meet minimum pay and holiday rules. The Employment Court ruling involves five workers and several liquor stores, including Point Chev Merchants Liquor, The Bottle-O Manly, The Bottle-O Point Chevalier and The Bottle-O Taihape and their director and