Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Advocates for Residents with Disabilities Applaud Effort to Boost Caregivers’ Earnings
By Jon Hurdle February 18, 2020 Paul Blaustein wakes at 4 a.m. every day to be ready to drive an hour to his disabled son’s apartment if the person who takes care of him in the early mornings can’t make it. Blaustein, who is chairman of the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities, told the
New Report Details Wages Lost Due to Theft in Nail Salon Industry
By CBS New York February 18, 2020 A new report says nail salon workers are having their wages stolen at an alarming rate. So what is being done about it? CBS2’s Nick Caloway found out on Tuesday. Having long been victims of harsh working conditions and wage theft, nail salon workers now hope their voices
States, Employees Examine Wages
By Vending Market Watch February 17, 2020 Pushes for pay increases continue as more and more states have considered legislation to raise their minimum wages, including Vermont, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Rhode Island, to varying results. Ranstad US released a report last month detailing American workers’ perception of their wages of the Randstad 2020
‘Shame on us’ Labor & Industry secretary says of Pa.’s stalled minimum wage
By Cassie Miller Embarrassing. That’s the one word that Pennsylvania Labor & Industry Secretary Gerard Oleksiak and his top deputy used Wednesday to describe Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, which has been mired at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade. The two Wolf administration officials made the case for a wage hike during the agency’s
Ohio AFL-CIO backing $13 minimum wage ballot issue
By Andrew J. Tobias February 20, 2020 The Ohio AFL-CIO is backing a proposed $13 minimum wage ballot issue, giving the initiative additional organizing strength as its backers work to gather signatures to try to make the November ballot. While it hasn’t publicly announced its support, the AFL-CIO has asked its regional labor councils to
Students across California march for a living wage
By Caleb Hampton February 22, 2020 Students at UC Davis and across the University of California system rallied on Friday, demanding a living wage for teaching assistants and other graduate student workers. A growing coalition of UC students pushing for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, has set off a power struggle between students and administrators.