The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been floating at or above the 17,000 mark in the past two months, an all time high. There has been a stumble here and a wrinkle there, but even with a weak unemployment report…
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Decent living wage
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
I find it hard to understand the rationale that for some reason or other everyone is not entitled to a living wage, because some pundits claim the backlash would wreak havoc on businesses, contributing to massive layoffs and business closures.…
Living wage job gap calls for charting new course for U.S. economy
by LeeAnn Hall •
In August, fast food workers walked off the job in 50 U.S. cities, demanding a raise to $15 an hour. The strikes touched off a national debate about raising wage floors. But this debate has been missing some critical context:…
U.S. winning the ‘War on Poverty’
by Jazelle Hunt,
NNPA Washington correspondent •
WASHINGTON D.C. (NNPA) – Nearly 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty, a new report finds that robust social safety net programs are slowly leading the nation to victory. According to the report, ‘Trends in Poverty…
Thousands march for better pay, working environment
by Justin Darden •
Hundreds of people came together earlier this month in over 100 cities nationwide in support of better pay and better working conditions for fast food employees as they marked December 5 as a day of protest. The protesters, many of…
Intolerable wages feed strikes
by Bill Fletcher, Jr.,
NNPA columnist •
The mainstream media has had difficulty understanding the eruption of strikes in the fast food industry. They have acted as if they have come out of nowhere and for no apparent reason. Neither is true. The strikes in the fast…