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Inflation gives U.S. workers ammunition in year-end pay reviews

By Katia Dmitrieva and Matthew Boyle, Published: Nov. 25, 2021 Seattle Times Business/Economy – With inflation flaring, American white-collar employees have an edge in year-end salary discussions, though it may prove tough to secure raises that outpace surging prices. The insatiable demand for labor in the pandemic recovery coupled with record quit rates and a barely changing […]

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Hawaii is Hiring website lists more than 17,000 job openings across the state

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

By Annalisa Burgos July 27, 2020 People receiving unemployment insurance will start to see smaller checks next week. Unless both the U.S. House and Senate work out details of a new stimulus package before the scheduled recess on August 7th, thousands of people in Hawaii collecting benefits will have to resort to their Plan B.

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UCSC teaching assistant strike: Revolt of the academic subalterns

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

Protests are escalating against the systematic exploitation of teaching assistants by academic institutions in the US. By Tamoghna Halder |Mar 25, 2020 On February 28, the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) fired 82 teaching assistants for demanding higher pay to afford the area’s high cost of living. In December, after months of back and

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UC Berkeley students hold ‘wildcat’ strike for more pay, rehiring of fired workers

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

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

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Facing Mass Layoffs, Restaurant Workers Living “Tip to Mouth” Demand Living Wage & Paid Leave

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

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

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