62 days ago by lady

This morning it occurs to me to give thanks to President Obama for doing some things that I think are helpful. I have some suggestions, too.

WALKING ON THIN ICE - walkingthinice.com

74 days ago by EOI

Chock full of ways for WA legislators to create good local jobs The upcoming special session in Olympia will focus on the state budget – but voters (and our tax dollars!) would get a lot more value out of it if legislators put an equal amount of time and effort into creating quality jobs with lastin ...

Washington Policy Watch - washingtonpolicywatch.org

83 days ago by Marc

The definition of poverty is shifting, according to a recent New York Times article. In a recent piece titled “Voices of The Near Poor” new figures point out that 1 out of every 3 Americans are either poor or “Near Poor” The latter term is used to denote the predicament that an increasing number of ...

171 days ago by Labor Rights

Mitch Ellmauer, Intern, International Labor Rights Forum One week ago, 300 foreign student guestworkers walked off the job and staged a rally at a Hershey’s packaging warehouse in Pennsylvania. The International Labor Rights Forum has been asking Hershey to "raise the bar" for responsible cocoa sour ...

Labor is Not a Commodity - laborrightsblog.typepad.com/international_labor_right

1810 days ago by LadiesToday

I was reading a Time article by Jon Gerter called “What is a Living Wage.” The author writes about a grass-roots campaign to help those that were homeless, yet still working full time gain better wages. He writes that the solution that Baltimore’s City Council comes up with is to raise the base pay ...

A Woman Against Feminism - ladiestoday.livejournal.com