Feb 11, 2020 While Premier League footballers are paid eye-watering salaries, many of those working in catering, cleaning and stewarding do not earn enough to stay afloat, writes Catherine West MP, the shadow minister for sport. Football is the lifeblood of so many of our communities. Every weekend hundreds of thousands of families and friends Read More
By Colleen Flaherty February 11, 2020 Graduate student workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, escalated their ongoing grade strike to a general strike Monday, saying they can’t afford to live where they’ve been recruited to work and study. Hundreds of students gathered on campus throughout the day for rallies, talks and solidarity. Faculty Read More
By Moriah Davis and Hailey Wilt | January 6, 2020 Employees at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital will soon have a few extra dollars in their pockets. The Sentara Hospital System as a whole is raising the minimum wage for staff. As of Sunday, January 5, employees at the hospital are now getting paid $15 an Read More
By Heather Leah, January 7 2020 A nonprofit announced Tuesday that hundreds of businesses in Orange County may increase their minimum wage to $14.90 in 2020. The Orange County Living Wage coalition, or OCLW, works with participating businesses to promote higher salaries for their employees. Over 200 locally-owned companies have voluntarily joined the OCLW certification Read More
It will result in a 36 percent pay increase for some employees By Maggie Angst | mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 13, 2019 at 10:37 am | UPDATED: September 13, 2019 at 10:53 am After lagging behind its neighbors, many workers in Menlo Park will start receiving heftier paychecks in January. Menlo Read More
