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‘Poverty Pay’ Leads Wal-Mart Employees to Steal Lunches From Co-Workers

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2015 Wal-Mart's workers are so poor they’re skipping lunch, sharing the food of others or stealing from co-workers, some of them said as they announced a 15-day fast aimed at raising the company's wages. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Unions Fight Inequality and Strengthen Democracy

By Richard Eskow / Common Dreams Nov 3, 2015 A reinvigorated labor movement is essential to both a just economy and a well-functioning democracy. It deserves widespread attention -- and should inspire concerted action. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

More Than Half of U.S. Wage Earners Make Under $30,000 a Year, According to a Shocking New Report

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2015 Wage statistics for 2014, recently released by the Social Security Administration, provide proof of the claim we all feared was true: The middle class is disappearing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gender Pay Gap Widens: Men’s Earnings Growing Twice as Fast as Women’s

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2015 The glass ceiling is still very much intact, as new Labor Department data reveals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wages Set to Fall Unless Temperature Rise Is Tackled

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 23, 2015 Researchers say the economic costs of failing to take action on climate change will be much greater than previously thought -- with average global incomes cut by almost a quarter. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour, Even If It Risks Job Loss, Is the Right Thing to Do

Robert Reich / Truthdig Oct 19, 2015 Have you noticed how often conservatives who disagree with a policy proposal call it a “job killer”? Yet maybe some jobs are worth risking if a strong moral case can be made -- and on this issue, as with many others historically, it can. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Five Great American Hypocrisies

By Paul Buchheit Oct 12, 2015 American "exceptionalism" exists in the minds of superpatriots who are more than willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people. The only question may be which of their self-serving hypocrisies is the most outrageous and destructive. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The New York Times Wants You to Get a Raise

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 Raising interest rates before employment and wages have recovered would harm working people and the U.S. economy, The New York Times' Editorial Board writes on Labor Day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Women Are Judged Much More Harshly Than Men for Similar Assertiveness at Work

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 9, 2015 A new study rates women who come across as angry or critical as 35 percent less competent and worth $15,000 less in pay than those who are less aggressive. Comparable behavior by men costs them only about half as much in perceived fair compensation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New York’s Fast-Food Workers to Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage by 2021

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 23, 2015 Fast-food workers throughout the state won a hard-fought and important victory Wednesday: a $15 minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton Suggests the Minimum Wage Is a Local Issue

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2015 Though she has declined to say what she thinks is the ideal national minimum wage, the Democratic presidential candidate has implied that it might differ from place to place -- and thus she would not push for an increase if she were president. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )