Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
‘It’s not worth it’: rising gas prices force drivers to work for less than minimum wage
By Dani Anguiano PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 2022 By Tuesday afternoon, Lyft driver Elida Zabaleta had earned $100 in the five hours she spent ferrying passengers across the city of San Jose. With gas prices in California surging, she’d have to use more than half of that to cover fuel for the day, leaving her with just $45.
Nonprofit workers in NYC rally for higher wages in mayor’s budget
by Gwynne Hogan PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 2022 Nneka Millette, 44, helps run a drop-in center for homeless youth in Brownsville, Brooklyn. But in the last few months, she said she’s found it impossible to keep the center staffed. “I call people for jobs all the time and we have people who actually laugh at the
Employer Practices Limit Workers’ Choices and Wages, U.S. Study Argues
by Eduardo Porter March 7, 2022 A Biden administration report says collusion and other constraints on competition hold down pay and prospects in the labor market. The recent narrative is that there is a tight labor market that gives workers leverage. But a new report from the Biden administration argues that the deck is still stacked
Health Care workers protest for sustainable wages to live on the North Coast
by DANIA ROMERO Wednesday, March 9th 2022 EUREKA, Calif. — A protest was held today at the Granada rehabilitation center in Eureka, to urge a rise in wages for health care workers. Many said at the protest, that their earnings aren’t enough to sustain a living on the North Coast, even showing proof that they’re making more
Minimum wage hikes linked to reduced eviction risk: Research
Study finds renters in states that raised their minimum wage during the first decade of the 2000s experienced fewer defaults than renters in states that did not raise their wage floor. by Clark Merrefield | March 7, 2022 | In the months after a state raises its minimum wage, fewer residents miss their rent payments,
Delaware General Assembly passes $15 minimum wage, sends bill to Gov. John Carney
By Sarah Gamard, Published: Jun. 17, 2021 Delaware’s minimum wage is expected to go to $15 an hour by 2025 after being passed late Thursday by the General Assembly. The House voted 26-15 along party lines to pass Senate Bill 15 by Sen. Jack Walsh, D-Stanton. The Senate passed the bill along party lines in March, and now the
