New Yorkers Care About Care. The State Budget Should, Too.
Workers, clients, and advocates rallied in Albany to secure living wages for their state’s hardworking and underpaid home care workers. Will the governor listen?
The Huge Pay Gaps at Low-Wage Federal Contractors
New federal contracting standards could incentivize corporations to narrow the economic divides that undermine employee morale and business effectiveness.
Working While Black: Demographics and Destiny
As the nation becomes more Black and Brown an economic crisis in wage earnings could be on the horizon.
Who and Where are America’s Working Poor?
Almost half of U.S. workers earn less than $15 an hour. This new report details their struggles.
Inequality is at the Heart of the Verizon Strike
Tens of thousands of Verizon employees walked off the job to protest the corporate giant that has registered massive profits and lavished extravagant pay on executives while shortchanging workers and customers.
Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers
The financial industry’s 2015 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.
Wall Street Bonuses Double Full-time Minimum Wage Worker Earnings
Wall Street bonuses totaled $25 billion in 2015 —double the combined annual earnings of all American full-time minimum wage workers.
Gender Pay Gap Drives Inequality
The persistent pay gap between men and women is a key driver of economic inequality today.
Taxes and the Martini Lunch
Restaurant jobs are among the lowest paid, but corporate executives get big tax write-offs for their business lunches.
McDonald’s Workers Aren’t Lovin’ It
McDonald’s is the latest mega-rich corporate employer to announce it will give workers a raise.
Keeping Up With the Waltons
In the wake of Walmart’s decision to raise workers’ wages, Dollar General announced it will offer better schedules.
3 Charts That Show Just How Much Wall Street Bonuses Swamp Low-Wage Worker Pay
We’re unfairly rewarding the people whose work we couldn’t do without, such as taking care of the elderly.
Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers
The financial industry’s 2014 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.
Walmart Needs a Maximum Wage
Walmart raised wages after being pressured by its own employees, but it still outpaces the pack when it comes to overpaid execs. – See more at: http://inequality.org/walmart-needs-maximum-wage/#sthash.45cZkNDm.dpuf