Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Holyoke mayor believes those incarcerated should receive fair minimum wage
By Jada Furlow March 28, 2020 Holyoke Mayor Alex B. Morse calls for incarcerated individuals to establish a fair minimum wage. According to a news release sent to 22New, Morse believes Congress should amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to explicitly include incarcerated workers in order to support the dignity of their life-saving contributions to
City leaders urge lawmakers to freeze minimum wage hike amid coronavirus
By Kara Biernat March 27, 2020 A call from Quincy city leaders to push back the minimum wage increases in Illinois, set to go into effect in July. They said this is just another way to help businesses through what they’re calling a health and economic crisis. At TCBY, employees said due to the coronavirus,
CalculateHow Much You’ll Get From the $1,200 (or more) Coronavirus Checks
By Ashlyn Still, Heather Long and Kevin Uhrmacher | March 27, 2020 The U.S. government is about to send checks — or direct deposits — to most Americans to help people survive financially as much of the economy shuts down in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Bipartisan legislation passed by
How much money do young San Franciscans have to survive COVID-19?
By Ray Levy-Uyeda | March 25, 2020 In a country of nearly 330 million, where 40% of the population is living paycheck to-paycheck, how wealthy does someone have to be to combat COVID-19? Like many other public health issues in the United States, the coronavirus outbreak illustrates how income inequality affects your ability to get
UCSC teaching assistant strike: Revolt of the academic subalterns
Protests are escalating against the systematic exploitation of teaching assistants by academic institutions in the US. By Tamoghna Halder |Mar 25, 2020 On February 28, the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) fired 82 teaching assistants for demanding higher pay to afford the area’s high cost of living. In December, after months of back and
Hayward delays minimum wage increases a year because of coronavirus impact on businesses
City officials decide implementing wage jump in July would burden small business owners By Peter Hegarty | March 25, 2020 Because of the economic hardship the coronavirus pandemic is wreaking on businesses, the Hayward City Council has decided against forcing employers to raise the minimum hourly wage to $15 on July 1. At its meeting