Wages
Restaurant employees resist Trump admin. plan to let bosses keep tips
March 16, 2018The Tip Act, proposed by Democrats, would overturn a Trump Labor Department proposed rule letting bosses keep workers’ tips.
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Just how unequal are America’s major corporations?
March 12, 2018Pay scales at major U.S. businesses are way out of whack—and that's just at the ones we know about.
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Administration admits it didn’t “think” before giving worker tips to bosses
March 6, 2018Trump's Labor Department did not survey the “quantitative” impact of letting bosses grab workers’ tips before yanking the rule designed to prevent such theft.
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As Pyeongchang Olympics close, athletes may join fight for fair wages next
February 26, 2018The financial options for adult Olympians become part-time, low-wage work; relying on food stamps, unemployment benefits, unstable and transient living.
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Union leaders to Trump: “New NAFTA” must boost workers’ rights, wages
February 22, 2018Six top union leaders told Trump any “new NAFTA” so-called “free trade” pact must improve workers’ rights and wages.
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