July 23, 2020
Members of the One Percent, such as former restauranteur Andrew Puzder, have urged Congress to let the $600 a week unemployment supplement Congress enacted as part of the CARES Act expire on schedule on July 31. They argue, in Puzder’s words that “this $600 per week bonus is discouraging work” for low-wage earners. No one receiving unemployment benefits will make themselves rich on… Read More»
Tags: $15 minimum wage, Andrew Puzder, CARES Act, Clean Slate, congress, COVID-19, minimum wage, puzder, unemployment, wages
December 11, 2018
House Republicans will lose their majority in a little more than three weeks and have decided to hold a hearing on whether to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It seems like a strange time for them to turn their attention to the federal minimum wage. After all,… Read More»
Tags: congress, democrats, Donald Trump, Fight for 15, hearing, house of representatives, minimum wage, republicans, wages
September 17, 2018
Ahead of a natural disaster like Hurricane Florence, politicians and safety officials tell the public to evacuate early and not wait until conditions get bad. We all know that you can lose your home and your belongings, but politicians never talk about the fact that during a disaster, many people… Read More»
Tags: Central Florida Jobs With Justice, climate, climate change, climate leave, disaster, evacuation, Florida, Hurricane, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, jobs, mandatory evacuation, Miami-Dade County, minimum wage, storm, wages
March 5, 2017
Updated March 2016 Existing labor and employment laws dictate fundamental baseline employment standards, but often fail to ensure that working people can secure a decent standard of living. Today, less than 13 percent of the U.S. workforce has the power to improve their wages and working conditions through collective bargaining.… Read More»
Tags: 101, Department of Labor, FLSA, FMLA, hours, minimum wage, scheduling, wages
June 13, 2016
Jobs With Justice hosted a tweetchat this afternoon to highlight the issues faced by working women and the organizing and policy solutions they have been demanding and winning. You can see some of the highlights below. State of #WorkingWomen – Curated tweets by jwjnational
Tags: Discrimination, Fightfor15, organizing, Paid Leave, scheduling, wages, women, WorkingWomen
September 10, 2015
They say the economy is recovering, but everyday Americans have seen the value of their paychecks fall since the end of the recession.
Tags: Fight for 15, minimum wage, Recovery, wages
February 19, 2015
After facing years of ongoing strikes and protests from its own employees, Walmart announced plans today to give raises to nearly 500,000 of the company’s 1.3 million U.S. employees. In a letter to Walmart associates, CEO Doug McMillon outlined a series of “comprehensive changes” to the company’s “hiring, training, compensation,… Read More»
Tags: Bill Simon, ceo, CEO pay, Doug McMillon, minimum wage, OUR Walmart, strikes, wages, Walmart
February 24, 2014
Walmart, the world’s most profitable retailer, is starting to show signs of decline. Last week, the company reported a 21 percent dip in profits over the fourth quarter and a decline in its same-store earnings over that same period, leading a financial analyst to downgrade the company’s stock rating on… Read More»
Tags: Bloomberg, food stamps, hours, Ken Jacobs, OUR Walmart, taxes, wages, Walmart
February 10, 2014
Following a series of articles from Walmart employees describing what it’s like to work for the world’s largest private employer, Gawker has just published an anonymous email from a much different perspective: a longtime store manager. The current assistant store manager was compelled to share his own experience after reading… Read More»
Tags: benefits, Gawker, wages, Walmart