‘Left, Right & Center’: Tim Cook, Midterms, and Fast-Food Wages in Denmark
Nov 1, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists agree that Apple CEO Tim Cook's (at right) announcement that he's gay is historic. Meanwhile, the "war on women" isn't playing in the midterm elections and fast food workers in Denmark are making about $20 per hour.
Shrinking the Global Income Gap
Oct 2, 2014 A new study from Harvard Business School suggests that people all across the world, from very divergent backgrounds and ideologies, want the income gap to become smaller -- and also that it's actually bigger than they realized. A new study from Harvard Business School suggests that people all across the world, from very divergent backgrounds and ideologies, want the income gap to become smaller—and also that it's actually bigger than they realized.
Ask the Pizza Hut Guy
Sep 7, 2014
Poverty Wages
Sep 6, 2014
Fast Food Worker Revolt
May 18, 2014
New York AG Forces McDonald’s Franchise Owner to Pay Up for Violating Wage Laws
Mar 19, 2014 Richard Cisneros, owner of seven McDonald's franchises in Manhattan, is now obliged to pay nearly $500,000 to workers at his fast-food restaurants.
McDonald’s
Dec 11, 2013
McDonald’s Advises Workers How Much to Tip Their Pool Boys and Au Pairs
Dec 6, 2013 McDonald's once again displayed its utter ignorance of the lives of its low-wage workers in an online advice column recommending seasonal tipping rates for luxury services And on the same day those workers joined a nationwide walkout protesting poverty wages Yes, Ronald McDonald is a clown, but still .
Trans Fats: Neither Food Nor Stuff
Dec 5, 2013 In Stephen Colbert's recent "Thought for Food" segment, the comedian rails at the food-stapo, aka the FDA, for proposing a ban on trans fats. But Colbert's not the only one upset about the potential loss of this extremely harmful ingredient -- Fox News and The Heritage Foundation are "standing up for trans fats" too.
Corporations Enlist Ex-U.S. Spies to Surveil Nonprofits
Nov 26, 2013 A new report reveals how corporations use ex-U.S. intelligence agents to spy on environmental, anti-war, consumer safety and other kinds of nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats.
