Jobs
Report: Privatizing public service jobs a disaster
June 12, 2014The workers are still part-timers, and their compensation is still far from the level that New Haven school custodians enjoyed before the privatization hit.
Read moreFast food workers striking all over the world
May 15, 2014Today, fast food workers around the world are engaging in a one-day strike calling for higher wages and the right to form a union.
Read moreReader voices: Night shift at McDonald’s, grease burns, minimum wage
May 15, 2014I have worked in the fast food industry myself for two years; I can say it is an exhausting, very underpaying industry to work in.
Read moreObama urges Congress to act on job-creating infrastructure bill
May 14, 2014President Obama says more federal spending will help avert a looming crisis that could stifle economic growth and torment commuters.
Read moreSouth Africa 2014 elections: ANC triumphs, opposition gains ground
May 9, 2014A new R1-trillion [$96 billion] economic and social infrastructure program aims to transform many poor areas by building new roads, rail links, ports, universities and schools.
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