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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Why fast food, and why now? Fight For 15 Confidential

Fight For 15 Confidential - In These Times
Fight For 15 Confidential. How did the biggest-ever mobilization of fast-food workers come about, and what is its endgame?

 

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science - NSF

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science - NSF
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering provides statistical information about the participation of women, minorities, and ...

 

Inequality’s Roots: Beyond Technology

Inequality’s Roots: Beyond Technology

Attributing widening wage inequality to a shortage of technology-based skills, with education as the solution, overlooks more fundamental causes and needs, an economist writes.

 

In Middle of Mexico, a Middle Class Rises

In Middle of Mexico, a Middle Class Rises

In the mostly poor state of Guanajuato, long known as one of the country’s main sources of illegal immigrants to the United States, a new Mexico has begun to emerge.

 

Friday, November 15, 2013

California's jobless-benefit fund is buried in $10-billion debt

California's jobless-benefit fund is buried in $10-billion debt
The state fund that pays jobless benefits owes a debt to the federal government that is so vast it won't be repaid for at least a decade.

 

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Dwindling Middle Class Has Repercussions For Small Towns

Dwindling Middle Class Has Repercussions For Small Towns 

When reporter Kelly McEvers stepped off the train in Lincoln, Ill., she asked, "What happened to my hometown?"  As the U.S. recovers from the Great Recession, one fact that's emerging is that while jobs are coming back, most of these jobs are either high- or low-paying jobs. Middle-class jobs are not coming back, and it's evident in towns across the Midwest like Lincoln, Ill.

 

Machinist Contract Vote Could Lock-In Work On Boeing's 777

Machinist Contract Vote Could Lock-In Work On Boeing's 777
Even though it's not a negotiating period, Boeing told the union that members have to vote Wednesday on an eight-year contract extension that includes higher health insurance costs and a pension freeze. Boeing says if they don't pass it, the company may build the next version of its wide-body 777 jet elsewhere.

 

Monday, November 04, 2013

Lack of enrollment workers hampers insurance exchange sign-ups

Lack of enrollment workers hampers insurance exchange sign-ups
Delays in training enrollment counselors and insurance agents are damping health policy sales. Covered California says it's moving swiftly to address shortcomings.

 

Seattle suburb to vote on $15 minimum wage for airport, hotel workers

Seattle suburb to vote on $15 minimum wage for airport, hotel workers
At first, the Rev. Jan Bolerjack couldn't figure out why the line at her church's food pantry was studded with men and women...

 

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