Wages
Senate votes to slash minimum wage for youth in Puerto Rico
July 5, 2016"Over the last five years alone, more than 150 public schools have been shut down and the childhood poverty rate in Puerto Rico is now 58 percent."
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Strike! Nearly 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal workers walk-off job
July 1, 2016Nearly 1,000 cooks, housekeepers, bellmen and servers from Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., walked off the job today for a livable wage.
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Domestic workers see gains, yet struggle for decent work
June 16, 2016"I do housework, cooking, gardening, take care of the children," said domestic worker Amma, who is forced to sleep in a garage; "I receive insults like, 'You are an animal.'"
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Coalition forms to combat wage theft in Minnesota
June 8, 2016The new wage theft coalition will focus on identifying and implementing solutions.
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Wage theft, labor law-breaking force L.A. port truckers into another strike
June 8, 2016Can you imagine working five weeks in a row and earning nothing?
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