Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
LA Council to consider making it more difficult to fire employees amid coronavirus crisis
Valley Industry & Commerce Association opposes at least one of the initiatives By MIKE SPRAGUE | March 22, 2020 Los Angeles City Council at its Tuesday meeting is expected to take up a number of measures setting restrictions on businesses and their ability to fire their employees in light of the coronavirus crisis. “A minimum
This local relief fund is providing grants to Miami restaurant workers in need
By Virginia Gil | March 23 2020 It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has been the hardest hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. And as many takeout and delivery meals as we commit ourselves to ordering, that’s simply not enough to save South Florida’s restaurant community. There’s more to be done. Felix Bendersky of F+B
Poverty is the virus that puts us at COVID-19 risk
Preparation is vital to a successful response. But the reality of poverty in this country means half of us do not have the resources to prepare. William J. Barber, II and Mitch Landrieu | March 23, 2020 According to an audit conducted by the Poor People’s Campaign in partnership with the Institute for Policy Studies,
Newsom suspends WARN requirements amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Douglas Fruehling | Mar 17, 2020 Update: Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Tuesday evening suspending the requirements of reporting COVID-19-related layoffs under the state’s WARN act from March 4 through the end of the emergency. The California hotel industry is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend the reporting requirements under the
Try this, Mr. Will: Live on the minimum wage for six months
By Letters to the Editor | March 18, 2020 Mr. Will didn’t even mention people trying to live on the minimum wage. According to Common Dreams, the minimum wage today would have to be close to $12 an hour, not $7.25, just to be equivalent. And until 1968, minimum wage kept pace with productivity growth;
‘I Don’t Know How I’m Going to Pay Rent Next Month’
As more cafes, restaurants and hotels shut down, millions of workers will need help to survive. By E. Tammy Kim | March 18, 2020 Carlos Rodriguez Herrera, a part-time barista at a Mediterranean restaurant in New York City, was told not to come in for his morning shift on March 14. The next day, just