Work harder, not smarter: the struggle of young workers
By Niall Hignett, Red Pepper
When employees understand their rights, and know how to protect themselves, they are primed to battle decrepit employment conditions.
Tag: living wage
Inflation is squeezing workers. We need a £15 minimum wage
By James Meadway, Open Democracy
It’s time for some bold thinking on how to fairly protect those in work from the worst of its impact. A £15 an hour minimum wage by 2024 should be the target.
Access to Land Plus a Participation Income Could Change the World
By Samuel Alexander, Alex Baumann, Resilience.org
In this article we’d like to offer some new thinking: a policy proposal that we feel has the potential to be transformative. At its simplest, our proposal involves providing self-selecting unemployed public housing residents with a basic, living wage.
The Return of the Textile Industry
By Annette Jensen, Future Perfect blog
Sina Trinkwalder did what all experts declared impossible: she built a textile factory in Germany and is paying decent wages.
Raising Minimum Wage: We’re in This Together
By Brie Mazurek, Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture
On Wednesday, food workers and other low-wage earners around the country rallied to increase the federal minimum wage to $15, which would more than double the current federal rate of $7.25 for untipped and $2.13 for tipped workers.