Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Fight for $15 ‘Gives Me Hope’: How Low-Wage Workers Rose Up Against Stagnant Pay: NPR
By Alyna Selyukh February 26, 2020 Kim Thomas felt drawn to being a home health aide after caring for her own ailing mother. Human dignity, she says, can be simple, like a bath and a favorite snack. When Thomas first started visiting homes to care for patients, she made $7 an hour. That was in
Target raised wages. Then it cut workers’ hours and doubled their workload
By Micheal Sainato February 27, 2020 Adam Ryan, 31, has worked at Target in Christiansburg, Virginia, for three years. He works additional jobs whenever he’s able to, but is regularly scheduled only 20 hours per week at Target, despite having open availability. “I have to live with my family because I can’t afford rent on
Malaysia Increases Minimum Wage
By Ayman Falak Medina February 26, 2020 The Malaysian government has increased the minimum wage for major towns under 56 city and municipality councils. The new wage hike came into force on February 1, 2020. Employees are now eligible to receive 1,200 ringgits (US$283) monthly, an increase of 100 ringgits (US$23) from 2019. Furthermore, for
Fact-checking a viral post: Sanders’ minimum wage and taxes
A popular meme that compares Bernie Sanders’ $15 minimum wage proposal with a high tax rate is getting a lot of attention online, but is it true? Jeremy Jojola / February 24, 2020 DENVER — As 9Wants to Know continues with The Bubble experiment, popular memes that go viral in each bubble may need to
Pete Buttigieg marched at a minimum wage rally and people are pointing out the hypocrisy
Josh Milton / February 25, 2020 As the car door swung open, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg fled inside after being hounded by Black Voters Matter activists at a minimum wage rally in South Carolina, US on Sunday. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor had thrusted himself into a “Fight for $15” rally, where McDonald’s
City of Burien to focus on downtown development while considering $15 minimum wage
By Jack Mayne / Feb 25, 2020 The Burien City Council study session on Monday night (Feb. 24) saw discussion of a the city focusing its downtown redevelopment on a targeted approach on SW 152 Street and considered the possibility of a $15 an hour minimum wage. Currently only adjacent SeaTac and Seattle have such