Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Target announces pay raises, bonuses and new paid leave policy amid coronavirus
By Brooke Spiel March 20, 2020 Target announced Friday that it would give employees a $2-per-hour pay raise, rolling out new benefits and bonuses as its staffers work to keep shelves stocked during the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release, the company said it would give the raise to staff until at least May 2,
New advocacy group calls for minor leaguers to receive a living wage
By Eric Stephen March 21, 2020 At a time when the vulnerability of minor league players is at its most visible during the coronavirus shutdown, a group of former players are among the founders of an organization dedicated to fight for minor leaguer players’ rights. Advocates for Minor Leaguers launched Friday, with a stated goal
Disneyland Commits $59 million in Cast Member Pay During Park Closure
By TJ Muscaro March 20, 2020 … But while Disniacs all over the world are sad because they’ve temporarily lost their happy place, tens of thousands of people have been without a large source–if not the primary source–of their daily income. And Disneyland is doing its part to make it right! Over the 18 days
Thousands of Target employees work over 50 hours a week. Why don’t they get overtime?
By Max Nesterak March 17, 2020 Target Corp. has quietly settled half a dozen class action lawsuits and still faces two more from workers who allege the company has failed to pay overtime they’re owed. Target calls these workers “executive team leaders” and pays them managerial salaries — as opposed to hourly wages — that
Amazon’s coronavirus plan: Hire displaced restaurant workers, raise hourly pay
By Jonathan Capriel March 16, 2020 Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has its own economic stimulus plan for the global pandemic that has ground the economy to a near halt: Give laid-off and furloughed hospitality workers jobs delivering Prime packages. The e-commerce company will hire an additional 100,000 workers in the United States and temporarily boost
UC Berkeley students hold ‘wildcat’ strike for more pay, rehiring of fired workers
By Natalie Orenstein March 16, 2020 UC Berkeley will become familiar with term “digital picket” this week, as graduate students, who are already working from home because of the coronavirus, begin a work stoppage Monday. The student workers are going on a “wildcat” strike — meaning it hasn’t been authorized by UAW 2865, the UC