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.
By Vicki Robin, Saru Jayaraman, Resilience.org
Join Vicki Robin for the premiere episode of her conversations with cultural changemakers, What Could Possibly Go Right? Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, shares insight into the current perfect opportunity for wage change in the food service industry.
By Silke Helfrich, STIR
In such a context, the minimum wage – which is supposed to create a minimum level of equality in formal terms – can never create a feeling of social justice.
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.
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
"It’s not worth the risk in order just to boil water. That’s what the nuclear plants are all built for."