Already disadvantaged by years of workplace and legislative failures, women and their families face an increasingly insecure future if policies are not adjusted to meet our ever more pressing needs.
Eleanor Smeal | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics
Women, Senator McCain, vote on issues important to us, not on whether or not the candidate wears a skirt. The truth is, your candidacy is the worst for women in recent history.
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business
In Keynesian terms Dubya's fiscal and monetary policies had the heat running round the clock during a hot summer, inviting the dizzying loss of values in this credit-frozen October.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...
Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.
James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics
As long as employers are not proven to be discriminating intentionally, they can pay women less than men if they are not doing the same jobs.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.02.2008 | Living
Clearly, the lack of reliable, affordable childcare widens inequality for families, as poor families with employed mothers spend more than a quarter of their income on childcare.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
The middle class can't exercise their political power if we allow Congress to function in a vacuum.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.11.2008 | Business
When uninsured Wal-Mart workers get sick, American taxpayers foot the bill. They pay for coverage through Medicaid, the health insurance plan for the poor. That's what the Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, banks on.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business
We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.
Amy Ephron | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
Without a qualm, Governor Schwarzenegger signed an order yesterday to reduce government employees salaries to the minimum wage of $6.55 an hour because of the budget stalemate.
Jeff Madrick | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
Obama may hear something fresh on energy and infrastructure, including broadband, from Rubin and Summers. But Obama should be asking these men some serious question about how we got here.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
Bruce Raynor | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
The bubbles have burst. Our economy is sinking. Americans are looking for a new approach. The increase in the minimum wage points the way forward.
Rep. George Miller | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Unlike tax breaks for the wealthy, the minimum wage increase for American workers will be spent locally, which is good for local businesses, large and small, and good for a struggling economy.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Now totaling the grand sum of $6.55 an hour, the minimum wage is a disgrace and a sad commentary about the state of our social safety net, the economy and our political system.
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices...
Paul Peete | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home
Will the same pay rates apply to the Governor and members of the California State Legislature? Their monthly postage allowance is more than federal minimum wage earners make.
David Nassar | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business
Instead of perpetuating a cycle of poverty among its workers, it's time Wal-Mart consider a meaningful wage increase for its U.S. employees who are struggling to make ends.
Joel Barkin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Later this month, the federal minimum wage will increase to $6.65 -- hardly anywhere close to what it should be, but an improvement from where we are now.
Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
Our nation is increasingly becoming one of haves and have-nots, mired in income inequality more severe than at any time since the days of robber barons.
Prioleau Alexander | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business
During my year in the minimum-wage world, I managed to achieve two primary things: I wrote a book about the experience, and I developed a corporate success plan for when I clawed my way back.
AP | VU TIEN HONG | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business
HANOI, Vietnam — More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demandin...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
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Judy Patrick and Surina Khan | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics