Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-01-23/livable-wages-working-families/as-other-states-see-pay-hikes-pa-minimum-wage-stuck-at-7-25/a82377-1 January 23, 2023 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Low-wage workers in Pennsylvania are missing out on the pay hikes in 23 other states that took effect this month, when those … Continued
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Earlier this year, coal miners with black lung disease scored a major victory when Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act. This bill included a provision that locked in a tax — paid by coal companies — … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): As the 117th Congressional session nears its end, there’s an important piece of unfinished business: reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program for the nearly 40,000 workers whose jobs were recently offshored or … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): On Latina Equal Pay Day, can you help us close the gender wage gap by sending a timely note to the U.S. Senate at https://action.momsrising.org/sign/PWFA_LEPD2022/? It’s long past time to close the wage gap: Studies show … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The U.S. population is aging; at the same time, the labor force participation rate is increasing among older Americans. As a result of well-documented flaws in the U.S. retirement system, many older workers hope … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Domestic workers care for children, support older people and people with disabilities, and clean our homes. These workers are vital to our economy and provide critical quality-of-life supports for many Americans. But their compensation … Continued
In March of 2021, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021. However, the U.S. Senate has yet to act on that legislation. As the United States grapples with … Continued
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Coal miners in Appalachia are getting black lung disease at record rates, even as the amount of coal being mined is declining. It’s past time to make sure they get the care they need. Because they … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): Our Social Security system is strong, but one reason billionaire front-groups have successfully undermined it is that it works best when society is fair. That means that increased economic inequality actually weakens Social Security. Right … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/04/fed-pushes-get-wages-down-study-shows-ceo-pay-has-soared-1460-1978 Ordinary workers, by contrast, saw their pay rise just 18.1% in the 43 years between 1978 and 2021, a new analysis finds. JAKE JOHNSON October 4, 2022 An analysis published Tuesday shows that the top executives of the … Continued