By Olivia Alperstein / Common DreamsDec 12, 2015
Mr. Trump, take it from someone who has lived most of her life below the poverty line: Minimum wage is a starvation wage for many low-income individuals and families. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 6, 2015
A recent study showed that the highest rates of burnout in the medical profession were found among front-line physicians: family doctors, internal specialists, neurologists and -- in particular -- emergency MDs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigSep 26, 2015
A new report reveals that even though they make up half the population, women generate just 37 percent of world GDP. The potential gain from economic gender equality would roughly equal the U.S. and Chinese economies combined. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 18, 2015
If the thought of hidden cameras in the office and employee activity-monitoring software weren't dystopian enough, digital Big Brother is now expanding into the world of workplace biosurveillance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 7, 2015
Whereas May Day "celebrates the historic power of the working class to oppose its oppression and fundamentally alter society … Labor Day is just another legacy of worker defeat," writes Jonah Walters in Jacobin magazine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigAug 27, 2015
As Labor Day looms, more Americans than ever don’t know how much they’ll be earning next week or even tomorrow. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigAug 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 )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 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 )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJul 2, 2015
Will any Republican candidate find it in his or her interest to break with the party's orthodoxy on government regulations and labor rights? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 12, 2015
In “The Happiness Industry,” English sociologist and economist William Davies examines the nefarious effects of the “science and measurement" practices that some bosses are using to influence their employees’ sense of happiness. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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