Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Amazon Is Hiring 100,000 Workers as Coronavirus Boosts E-Commerce
By Evan Niu, CFA | Mar 18, 2020 With people being urged to stay at home as much as possible during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has become an inadvertent beneficiary as e-commerce activity and online orders soar. The company announced this week that it would be hiring 100,000 new full- and part-time workers
Facing Mass Layoffs, Restaurant Workers Living “Tip to Mouth” Demand Living Wage & Paid Leave
Source: freespeech.org | March 18, 2020 Mass shutdowns and layoffs due to the spread of COVID-19 are affecting millions of restaurant workers across the U.S., with bars and restaurants closing for the foreseeable future. Servers, bartenders, kitchen staff and more have been left in the lurch, many without paid sick leave, paid time off or
Letter: Bare minimum wage not keeping up with cost of living in Virginia
Kassee Sosa Manassas | Mar 17, 2020 In Virginia, minimum wage is $7.25. At the bare minimum, everyone should have their necessities met, but this is almost impossible to do so with the living wage that has been set by the state. It doesn’t make sense for the minimum wage in Virginia to be so
TAKE NOTE Budget 2020 – Workers to get sick pay if they self-isolate and small firms to get a refund
MILLIONS of self-employed workers affected by the coronovirus outbreak will be able to get sick pay through Universal Credit. The government is also temporarily suspending all Jobcentre visits while the COVID-19 outbreak is ongoing. Households will be able to manage their benefits over the phone of via their work journal instead, without the risk of
New York’s solution to hand sanitizer shortage: Prison labor
By Jon Campbell March 10, 2020 What do you do when fear over the new coronavirus leads to a shortage of hand sanitizer? If you’re the state of New York, you make it yourself. Or rather, you have your prisoners do it. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday the state had begun producing its own line
Why calling out sick won’t be easy for minimum wage workers amid coronavirus outbreak
By Mary Kathryn Burke March 8, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website offer a simple solution for anyone who fears they might have symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Colorful, sneezy, coughing, achy cartoon people warn: “STOP! Stay home when you are sick … rest … and remember to wash your hands often