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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor

The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor

Studies rebut a long-cherished belief in America, on the right and left, that welfare encourages bad behavior by the poor.

 

A Strategy to Ignore Poverty

A Strategy to Ignore Poverty

Fixed block grants have become a central part of the Republican strategy to confront America’s poverty, but states have powerful incentives to use the money elsewhere.

 

A Significant Deal for Automakers and Unions



 


A Significant Deal for Automakers and Unions

American factory workers are going to make good money again as labor inks deals with the Big Three. Will the benefits spread to non-union plants?

 

Friday, October 23, 2015

Many Low-Income Workers Say 'No' to Health Insurance

Many Low-Income Workers Say 'No' to Health Insurance ...

The Affordable Care Act requires employers with more than 50 full-time workers to offer insurance, but many find few low-income employees ...

 

Monday, October 19, 2015

Calpers to Propose Lowering Investment Target

Calpers to Propose Lowering Investment Target

The officers that run the largest U.S. pension fund are proposing to lower their investment goals
for the first time in four years, a move that could lead to higher contributions for government
workers as well as cities and counties across California.

 

Restaurants find empowering workers leads to profits

Restaurants find empowering workers leads to profits 


Net operating profits at Paris Creperie are up from around 4 percent last year to 17 or even 20 percent in some periods this year — unheard of ...

 

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Gov. Brown signs bill aimed at eliminating gender wage gap

Gov. Brown signs bill aimed at eliminating gender wage gap

Supporters tout it as the strongest equal-pay law in the nation. The measure was introduced in response to a study that found women in California working full time made a median 84 cents for every dollar men earned in 2013.

 

America's beaten-down factory worker is getting squeezed again

America's beaten-down factory worker is getting squeezed again

The great recovery in U.S. manufacturing jobs -- a surprising five-year surge that blossomed in the aftermath of the financial crisis and added ...

 

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Service Workers Fight for a Share of Philly's Revitalized Center City

Service Workers Fight for a Share of Philly's Revitalized Center City

An SEIU mega-local representing janitors and secruity guards rallies ahead of tough contract negotiations this fall.

 

Pension advances draw scrutiny

Pension advances draw scrutiny

Are plans that buy future pension payments for a lump sum basically pricey loans?

 

Why women are behind men up the American corporate ladder

Why women are behind men up the American corporate ladder


A new study looks at the disparities between women and men in the workplace.

 

World Bank rethinks poverty measure

World Bank rethinks poverty measure

The benchmark of $1.25 a day is expected to raise to $1.90.

 

The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret

The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret

Everyone knows about the spread of war and the hopeless intractability of poverty. But everyone is wrong.

 

Do We Value Low-Skilled Work?

Do We Value Low-Skilled Work? 

Just because a job doesn’t require a college education, that doesn’t mean it’s a dead end.

 

Workers allege 80-hour weeks with no overtime at UC Berkeley sporting events

Workers allege 80-hour weeks with no overtime at UC Berkeley sporting events

 Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a UC Berkeley custodial contractor underpaid workers who cleaned up after Golden Bears football games and other sporting events, denying them overtime pay for weeks that stretched to 80 or 90 hours. The probe of Performance First Building Services, which has provided janitorial services at UC Berkeley for nearly seven years, was launched by the U.S. Department of Labor, according to the agency and former and current employees.

 

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