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A new economic reality

I am not a state worker and I have never been one.
I am a private sector emergency room Registered Nurse.
I am also vice president of AFT Connecticut, a union that represents state workers, along with private and public sector nurses, techs, healthcare workers, teachers…

Danielle Corcione in The BillfoldFeb 294 min read

Everyone Deserves A Living Wage

On Talia Jane and the Fight for $15

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Jason PramasFeb 81 min read

MANCHESTER DIVIDED: SASS BACKWARDS

SEIU “fights for $15” in New Hampshire while its candidate fights for $12

This 2/8/16 article stands in for this week’s Apparent Horizon column. Part of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit…

SEIUJan 184 min read

Martin Luther King’s fight for economic justice matters today. Working people are walking in his footsteps.

By David Tucker

Americans are right to remember the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a leader who was unshakably…

AphroditeDec 28, 2015

Why would I want to treat everyone as if they were equally good at their tasks? I like to reward, but occasionally I like to punish.

In Opposition to ‘In Defense of Tipping'

Parker Molloy

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Cohen’s inane argument would be all well and good except for these pesky things known as statistics.

Quality of service correlates poorly with amount of a tip , while perceived race of waitstaff correlates very strongly with non-whites getting worse tips.

Yannet Lathrop in What’s The Future of Work?Nov 10, 20155 min read

5 Things Every Politico Should Know About the Fight for $15

Bob SimpsonNov 6, 201512 min read

Fight for $15: Breaking the silence about suburban poverty

“As a 44-year-old man, making $8.25, living paycheck to paycheck and barely being able to survive just isn’t right. I love to cook. I love what I do for a living. That’s why we’re calling for fair wages for fast food workers in…

YouthmediaBHCOct 24, 20151 min read

Job access and health access: City Heights & Del Norte

It was revealed to me today that the median income for a family of five living in the City Heights community of San Diego falls below the Federal Poverty Line. Aiden Kelter, a resident of Claremont (which borders City Heights), spoke…

Alberto Parisi in Daily CloutSep 18, 20154 min read

Labor Day and the Labor Movement: What to Learn from the Fight for $15

Three days have passed since Labor Day; and, living as I do in Italy, it has been for me more a moment of reflection than of celebration. As I read op-eds about workers and about class struggle, I have tried…