“We got rid of tuition fees because we do not want higher education which depends on the wealth of the parents,” Gabrielle Heinen-Kjajic, the minister for science and culture in Lower Saxony, said in a statement.
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Women who earn the federal tipped minimum wage of only $2.13/hour are twice as likely to face sexual harassment at work as women in states requiring the full minimum wage, according to a new report by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. “We need to eliminate the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers… Read More»
Washington, D.C. joins the rest of the world in guaranteeing paid family leave to city employees. While 183 other countries provide it to all employees, in the United States, only 12 percent of workers have access to paid family leave.
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Yesterday, a new bill intended to curb abusive scheduling practices at chain stores, fast food restaurants and banks was introduced to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The Predictable Scheduling and Fair Treatment Ordinance, introduced by Supervisor David Chiu, would require employers at certain chain businesses to post work schedules… Read More»
Corinthian owns Everest campuses around the country. Photo by Daniel Penfield/Wikimedia Commons.
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it is suing Corinthian Colleges for illegal predatory lending and debt collection practices and is calling for all private student loans they issued to be forgiven. While this is a huge step forward in protecting student debtors holding private student loans,… Read More»
Ordinary, middle-income Americans give away 6 percent of their income to charity. Some billionaires give away over 25 percent of their net worth to charity. The chair of Walmart on the other hand… Learn more about the Walton’s phony philanthropy.
That’s 14.5 percent of all households in the United States. Learn more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/poverty-household-income_n_5828974.html
Learn more about Walmart’s potentially illegal scheme to fund its corporate PAC.
Learn more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/long-term-unemployment-_n_5861882.html
Walmart is illegally incentivizing employees to contribute to the company’s political action committee (PAC) to fund candidates for public office, according to a new complaint filed today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The complaint, filed by Common Cause, Public Citizen and Walmart employees Cynthia Murray and Evelin Cruz, alleges… Read More»