Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
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
Congress likely to send taxpayers $1,200 checks in coronavirus aid. Here’s who qualifies
By Lorie Konish | Mar 25, 2020 KEY POINTS As Washington lawmakers push through a $2 trillion stimulus bill, many Americans can expect to receive checks of up to $1,200 for individuals and $2,400 for married couples. How much you receive varies based on your marital status and adjusted gross income. Here’s who qualifies, and
Harvard, Boasting $40 Billion Endowment, Lays Off Dining Hall Workers Due to Coronavirus
Country’s richest university cuts costs as pandemic sweeps country By Alana Goodman | MARCH 24, 2020 Harvard University, which has the largest endowment of any school in the country, is cutting its subcontracted dining hall workers without pay as it shuts down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The move is drawing criticism from employment
Burger King’s biggest franchisee is cutting wages as fast-food workers demand hazard pay during the coronavirus pandemic
Kate Taylor | Mar 24, 2020 Burger King’s biggest franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group, is cutting workers’ wages by 10% amid the coronavirus outbreak. Carrols, which operates about 1,034 Burger King and 65 Popeyes locations, emailed employees on Monday to inform them of the pay cuts. “One of the initiatives that we will be implementing is
Restaurant workers on how their lives have been changed by the coronavirus
Many servers, baristas, and bartenders have already been laid off. Now they’re looking to the government for help. By Gaby Del | Mar 24, 2020, 7:10am EDT As the coronavirus spreads to more and more cities in the US, restaurants across the country are scaling back their services — or shutting their doors altogether —