by Emily Foster | Oct 23, 2013 | Minimum Wage
Members from the House Democratic Caucus on Wednesday joined with Wal-Mart employees at a forum to challenge Wal-Mart to pay its workers a living wage. While Wal-Mart averages a profit of about $1.8 million per hour, its wages are so low that in Wisconsin, taxpayers...
by Derek Pugh | Oct 16, 2013 | Minimum Wage
A new report from researchers at the University of California at Berkeley estimates that low-wage jobs in the fast-food sector are costing American taxpayers nearly $7 billion every year. The report—Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 4, 2013 | Conservatism, Current Issues, Economy, Minimum Wage, Shutdown
Forget About the Tourists, Worry About the Workers (via Moyers & Company) The government shutdown is revealing how easily distracted we are by shiny objects. An enormous amount of ink has been devoted to the closure of the World War II Memorial. Tourist sites –...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Minimum Wage
Pope Francis did it again. On Sunday, during a meeting with a group of unemployed workers, the Pope abandoned his prepared comments and railed against economic inequality. Pope Francis has previously spoken out against harsh austerity policies that are harming...
by Digby | Sep 18, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision
When I was in college I worked as a staffer for a home health agency for a while. And I learned what a terribly difficult job it is. These people care for the elderly and disabled in their homes often under very difficult conditions and they almost always do it with a...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 12, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, The Jobs Challenge
It's no longer just an expression – the rich are getting richer, and the rest of us are being shut out of the game. According to a new report from economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty, the top ten percent of income earners in our nation took home more than...