Food Waste Worsens Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Sep 14, 2013 The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says food wastage across the world -- totaling 1.3 billion tonnes of food annually -- is the largest source of global greenhouse gas emissions after China and the USA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Happy Labor Day

Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant Sep 2, 2013 Dig deeper

New Life for Labor

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 2, 2013 Could this Labor Day mark the comeback of movements for workers' rights and a turn toward innovation and a new militancy on behalf of wage earners? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Workers Pay

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Aug 31, 2013 Dig deeper

Fast Food Workers Continue Fight Against Poverty Wages

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 29, 2013 Adults working full time at McDonald's are "paid less per hour in real terms than the lowest paid US workers were half a century ago" when hundreds of thousands of people flooded into Washington, D.C., for the historic march for freedom and jobs for black Americans, The Guardian reports Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fast Food Workers Super Size Their Walkout

BLANK Aug 20, 2013 Fast food workers demanding a livable wage of $15 an hour are pushing for a nationwide walkout Aug. 29, leading, fittingly enough, into Labor Day weekend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lovin’ It

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Aug 11, 2013 Dig deeper

‘We Are Slowly Dying’: Fast-Food Workers Strike for Wages, Rights and Dignity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 Fast food and retail workers are striking for the right to unionize and a living wage in seven cities: Milwaukee; Chicago; St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Detroit; Flint, Mich.; and New York City. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The True Cost of Paying McDonald’s Workers a Livable Wage

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 How much more would you have to pay for a Big Mac or Dollar Menu items in order for low-income workers at the fast food giant to make a livable wage? A University of Kansas researcher does some number crunching to find out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Targeting Obesity

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Apr 12, 2013 Dig deeper

Super Size Your Paycheck

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2013 A union in New Zealand got fast food chains such as McDonald's and Starbucks to raise their workers' wages by 50 percent; Palestinian books don't indoctrinate children against Jews after all; and perhaps, rather than fear Massive Online Open Courses, we should embrace this opportunity for cheap widespread online education. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Organizing Walmart: Why Austerity Economics Hurts Low-Wage Workers the Most

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 2, 2012 What does the drama in Washington over the “fiscal cliff” have to do with strikes and work stoppages among America’s lowest-paid workers at Walmart, McDonald’s, Burger King and Domino’s Pizza? Everything.What does the drama in Washington over the “fiscal cliff” have to do with strikes and work stoppages among America’s lowest-paid workers? Everything. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )