living wage

  • Baltimore Worker Center Says Tourist District Shouldn't Grow on Poverty Jobs
    Tom Kertes
    Mar 12 2010 - 4:51am

    Poverty conditions for workers in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor are threatening to become routine. That doesn't make them tolerable, said a worker center. They're pursuing living-wage agreements by targeting developers.

  • NY Boutique Boss Arrested, Faces 4 Years in Jail for Stealing Wages
    by Mischa Gaus
    Feb 25 2010 - 4:41pm

    The owner of a New York boutique chain accused of shorting workers by $1.5 million was taken away in handcuffs Tuesday. The charges grew from a union-backed drive to remake retail by attacking its worst employers.

  • Don't Subsidize Lousy Jobs, Say Teamsters in New York Warehouse Drive

    The mantra is jobs, and the government has unlocked the public coffers to subsidize employers that are hiring. But what kind of jobs are they creating with our tax dollars? In New York, the Teamsters are putting the heat on employers only too happy to pocket public money while creating lousy jobs and fighting unions.

  • Bronx Battle Line: Development on City's Dime Must Push Up Wages
    by Mischa Gaus
    Jan 7 2010 - 5:49pm

    Refusing to promise a living wage, a New York retail developer lost out on about $60 million in subsidies. Campaigns nationally are tying public money used in mega-projects to decent wage and working standards.

  • Winning a Sit-in

    Whether at Canadian auto plants or California universities, taking the place over is an increasingly popular way to fight the dramatic sacrifices demanded in this recession. How can these confrontations achieve their planners' goals? A former Harvard occupier offers lessons learned from their sit-in nine years ago.

  • The Living Wage
    Kristin Lems
    Dec 23 2009 - 12:44am

    As a single mom holding only part time jobs for awhile, I did live this song, though the starting number was higher. I always said I started the month in the middle class, dwindled to working poor as the month went on, and usually ended the month as a debtor. . . .

  • A $26,000 Pilot?

    Sometimes high-paid jobs provoke a lot of envy and resentment. But sometimes you feel a lot more comfortable when workers in certain positions are making more than a living wage. While attending the Teamsters for a Democratic Union convention Friday, I met a pilot who took home $26,000 last year as a first officer (that’s the one who sits on the right). And he’s union.