Commentary | September 1, 2014

Political Research: The Shell Game of Contingent Employment

Via: Political Research

In 2011, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a corporate partner of the Marriott hotel chain, used a general contractor that(…)

Commentary | August 29, 2014

TIME: The $15 Minimum Wage Is a Bellwether of the New Living Wage

Via: TIME

A little less than two years ago, a group of courageous New York fast food workers went on strike, outlandishly(…)

Commentary | July 31, 2014

CNN: Who’s the Boss? McDonald’s is

Via: CNN

The National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel said Wednesday that McDonald’s is an employer. This might not seem like surprising(…)

Commentary | July 28, 2014

Huffington Post: $15.00 is the New Eight-Hour Day

Via: Huffington Post

When 200 New York City fast-food workers walked off their jobs in November 2012, their demand of $15 an hour(…)

Commentary | July 24, 2014

MSNBC: Why the Minimum Wage is Still $7.25 after all of these years

Via: MSNBC

On July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25 an hour, the last bump of a three-step increase(…)

Commentary | June 30, 2014

Huffington Post: Raising Wages to Raise Profits

The workers ringing up your meatballs and helping you find shelving units on your next trip to Ikea will have(…)

Commentary | June 9, 2014

Roll Call: Unemployment Extension Vital for Long-Term Jobless

Via: Roll Call

Last December, House and Senate Republicans uniformly said they would not consider an unemployment insurance extension unless there was a(…)

Commentary | June 3, 2014

U.S. News & World Report: $15 Is the New $10.10

Via: US News

Cities are catching on that a higher minimum wage is not only sustainable but necessary.

Commentary | June 2, 2014

Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity: Making Unemployment Insurance Work Better for Low-Wage Families

Via: Spot Light on Poverty

The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) program provides partial wage replacement for workers who have lost their jobs and boosts state(…)

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