Learn more about Walmart’s potentially illegal scheme to fund its corporate PAC.
Author: Jobs With Justice
President Obama issued an executive order that holds federal contractors accountable for violating their workers’ rights by making it harder for repeat lawbreakers to win future contracts. Read Sarita Gupta’s statement and learn more here.
When you work AT McDonald’s, you work FOR McDonald’s. In a significant ruling, the NLRB’s general counsel classified McDonald’s as a “joint employer,” which means the company may finally be held responsible for how workers are treated at its restaurants. Learn more!
Learn more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/19/332879409/states-that-raised-minimum-wage-see-faster-job-growth-report-says
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/business/at-zingermans-pastrami-and-partnership-to-go.html
Wish more companies would figure this out. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/business/economy/boloco-and-shake-shack-offer-above-average-pay.html
“The 17 percent average raise, expected to be announced Thursday, is the Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture chain’s biggest in 10 years in the U.S. The pay increase will take effect Jan. 1. It will translate to an average wage of $10.76 an hour, a $1.59 increase from the previous $9.17. About… Read More»
Original photo courtesy of < a href="http://www.makingchangeatwalmart.org">Making Change at Walmart.
Read Gail’s story: http://www.salon.com/2014/06/06/my_personal_wal_mart_horror_what_its_like_working_here_as_a_mom/