Wages
Sanders and Warren take aim at abuses by U.S. corporations
September 7, 2018Walmart and Amazon, worth at least $1 billion, pay workers starvation wages, in Sanders’ words, and count on taxpayers to pick up the tab.
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Does paying student athletes a livable wage ‘destroy’ college sports?
September 6, 2018The NCAA found itself back in court defending its amateurism rules against student-athletes who argue capping their compensation at the value of a scholarship violates federal antitrust law.
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Even Nixon funded jobs programs, why can’t we do it today?
August 28, 2018Pundits are optimistic that struggling young people will be able to get jobs. What’s less clear is whether those jobs will pay living wages.
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Court gives low-paid Alabama workers a win for higher pay
August 2, 2018“The federal appeals court’s decision today affirmed state lawmakers discriminated against the city’s predominantly black workforce in stealing away their minimum wage increase."
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Marriott, world’s biggest hotel chain, underpays workers
July 9, 2018Thousands of Marriott workers organized demonstrations in San Francisco, Oakland, Honolulu, Boston, San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia and San Jose.
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