Wages – Page 105 – People's World

Booming Silicon Valley economy hides rising social inequality

August 20, 2013 By Michelle Kern

While fueling a new source of profits for Wall Street, working families are not enjoying the benefits of California's Silicon Valley economic resurgence.

Rural letter carriers union protests proposed cutbacks

August 15, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

"The Postal Service has upheld a personal and professional standard of service, delivering to every household nationwide six days a week."

Residents say poverty wages will not resurrect Detroit

July 23, 2013 By John Rummel

Only blocks from city hall, a Friday afternoon picket line at the Crowne Plaza Hotel symbolizes the fight taking place in this city.

D.C. fast food workers strike, wage complaints reach White House

July 19, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON - Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has taken the plight of the nation's low-paid fast food workers - specifically those who toil in eateries in federal buildings - straight to the top of the nation's political...

Minimum wage workers teach economics to the economists

July 18, 2013 By Dominique Paul Noth

A working father with a high school education, Marvin was one of 18 minimum wage workers gathered at a South Side job center to discuss the need for higher pay.