Low Wages Cost U.S. Taxpayers $153 Billion A Year
When thousands of low-wage workers across the country protest low pay on Wednesday, they won’t only be fighting for the...
When thousands of low-wage workers across the country protest low pay on Wednesday, they won’t only be fighting for the...
The City of Quartz is a city of contrasts, with some of the world’s richest and poorest neighborhoods existing side...
by onepercenttakers · Published April 3, 2015 · Last modified November 17, 2015
On Wednesday, McDonald’s — which has been facing demonstrations denouncing its low wages — announced that it would give workers...
As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed the so-called “right to work” bill on March 9, making Wisconsin the twenty-fifth right-to-work...
by onepercenttakers · Published February 11, 2015 · Last modified November 11, 2015
Bruce Rauner’s campaign for governor of Illinois hit a rough spot when it was revealed that he was talking about...
by onepercenttakers · Published January 25, 2015 · Last modified November 21, 2015
President Obama has proposed a right to paid sick leave for all workers in this country. Family economic security is...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) unveiled several new proposals, including a call to raise the minimum wage to $11.50...
by onepercenttakers · Published January 12, 2015 · Last modified November 21, 2015
WASHINGTON — With a celebrity assist from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the AFL-CIO union federation hosted what it billed as...
by onepercenttakers · Published January 2, 2015 · Last modified November 21, 2015
On January 1, 20 states will raise their minimum wages, while one — New York — will increase its wage...
by onepercenttakers · Published December 29, 2014 · Last modified November 11, 2015
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon struck down a rule change issued by the Department of Labor that would...
by onepercenttakers · Published December 28, 2014 · Last modified November 21, 2015
Minimum wage increases will prompt Walmart Stores Inc to adjust base salaries at 1,434 stores, impacting about a third of...
by onepercenttakers · Published December 15, 2014 · Last modified November 22, 2015
In late November, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights — the first law...
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The stately, wood-paneled chamber in the federal building here unsettled Gary Fox and his wife, Mary. Fox...
by onepercenttakers · Published December 2, 2014 · Last modified November 22, 2015
Fast food workers in at least 150 cities nationwide will walk off the job on Dec. 4, demanding an industry-wide...
While Kmart has claimed that stores try to staff shifts on Thanksgiving Day, which will begin before 6 a.m., with...
by onepercenttakers · Published November 18, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
CHICAGO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – A group of Walmart employees pushing for higher wages said on Friday they were planning...
by onepercenttakers · Published November 16, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
Don Blankenship, the former CEO of coal giant Massey Energy, faces up to 31 years in prison after a federal...
by onepercenttakers · Published November 14, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
In February, Bene’t Holmes asked her manager at a Chicago Walmart to put her on lighter duty. She was four...
by onepercenttakers · Published November 10, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
The Democrats were brutalized at the polls Tuesday, but progressives can at least take some consolation in some notable strides...
by onepercenttakers · Published November 6, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
Measures aimed at raising the minimum wage passed overwhelmingly in the five states where they appeared on Tuesday’s ballot. The...
Imagine a world where fast food workers can pay their rent and utility bills, plus buy their children food and...
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA—In downtown Sioux Falls, The Banquet provides community members free warm meals six days a week. These...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 27, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
Americans are working longer hours and are more productive—yet wages are largely flat. Indeed, the median worker saw a real...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 26, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
Reasonable people may differ on the precise definition of a living wage. But the consensus is that $7.25 an hour...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 23, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
Guitar Center store workers are fighting for fair wages and improved conditions at stores around the country. The company has...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 22, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
In a gubernatorial debate Tuesday night, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) was asked whether he supports the concept of a...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 21, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2015
The first national campaigns of the Republican Party, more than 150 years ago, linked economic progress with democratic participation, urging...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 18, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
Raising the federal minimum wage would save the government billions and have sweeping benefits for low-income families, according to a...
Laws that allow employers to pay tipped workers below the minimum wage lead to increased sexual harassment in the workplace,...
by onepercenttakers · Published October 5, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
A ProPublica review of U.S. Department of Labor investigations shows that oil and gas workers – men and women often...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 29, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
On Wednesday morning, Wisconsin Jobs Now, Wisconsin Working Families, and a group of low-wage workers in the state submitted 100...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 26, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
The amount of money employers had to pay because they were found guilty of wage theft is nearly three times...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 22, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
This week, Republican Senators introduced a bill they call the “The National Labor Relations Board Reform Act.” Its chances of...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 21, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
For Democrats, 2014 was supposed to be the year of the minimum wage. President Obama used his State of the...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 17, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
It’s the classic Catch-22 of the doomed job search: How do you get a job? You need experience. And how...
Millions of Americans struggle to get by on low wages, often without any benefits such as paid sick leave, a...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 12, 2014 · Last modified November 25, 2015
MADISON — The chant “come on out, we’ve got your back!” echoed through the air at Taco Bell as peaceful...
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by onepercenttakers · Published September 10, 2014 · Last modified November 11, 2015
When Governor Jerry Brown signs Assembly Bill 1522, California will join a growing number of states where temporary or part-time...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 6, 2014 · Last modified November 28, 2015
The city council in Passaic, New Jersey unanimously passed an ordinance requiring paid sick leave on Tuesday night with a...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 4, 2014 · Last modified November 28, 2015
(Reuters) – U.S. fast-food workers staged protests in some 150 cities on Thursday in a fight for higher pay, and...
by onepercenttakers · Published September 3, 2014 · Last modified November 28, 2015
The California legislature has passed a bill that would hold companies legally responsible if the temp agencies and subcontractors they...
by onepercenttakers · Published August 29, 2014 · Last modified November 28, 2015
On Labor Day, families gather, politicians pay tribute to values of hard work, and some workers even get an extra...
by onepercenttakers · Published August 29, 2014 · Last modified November 28, 2015
Bringing to a close a summer-long supermarket standoff, a deal was reached late Wednesday to sell the majority stake of...
While wages have declined across all sectors in the years following the financial crash of 2008, low-paid workers have been...
Subway may claim to be the “leader in fast, healthy food,” but that alleged commitment to wellness often doesn’t extend...
Meet Carlton, one of six service workers gathered at 71-year-old Austraberta Rodriguez’s home in Houston, Texas for breakfast with U.S....
"Ronald Reagan's theory was really 'trickle down' economics...and renamed 'supply side.' Cut tax rates for the wealthy; everyone else will benefit. As Reagan's budget director David Stockman confided at the time, the supply-side rhetoric 'was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate.'" —The Gipper's Economy. To see how the Trickle Down Con was sold to the public click here.