Jobs
SEIU: After Supreme Court ruling, workers vow to stand up for good jobs, quality care
June 30, 2014Home care workers and consumers are ready to stand up for quality home care in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Harris v. Quinn today.
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Massachusetts, Michigan minimum wage hikes leave restaurant workers shortchanged
June 26, 2014The federal minimum wage for workers who depend on tips is $2.13 hourly and it hasn't risen in more than 20 years. And employers routinely cheat the tipped workers.
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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.
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Fast 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.
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Reader 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.
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