Tag Archives: wages

Graduating College is Highly Overrated

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Working-Class Perspectives

That’s the headline I propose for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to attract public attention to its most recent projection of job growth in the next decade.   Though a tendentious conclusion from the BLS study, such a headline could … Continue reading →

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We Are Worth More

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Working-Class Perspectives

Last month a few hundred retail and fast-food workers, from places like Sears, Dunkin’ Donuts, and McDonald’s, walked off their jobs for a rally in downtown Chicago.   Carrying signs saying “Fight for 15” (or “Lucha Por 15”) and “We Are … Continue reading →

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Raising the Minimum Wage — The Right Way

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Working-Class Perspectives

Ever since President Obama took office I’ve periodically wished I had the ability to call the White House get him on the phone and say “Hey, you’re not doing it right!”  Let me be clear—I don’t mean he hasn’t done … Continue reading →

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Home Health Workers: In Demand But Not Protected

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Working-Class Perspectives

In the nearly 20 years I’ve spent organizing long term care workers, I hadn’t really personally experienced the difficulty of being a care giver.   I worked the policy, political, advocacy, organizing and bargaining pieces in the Union for home care … Continue reading →

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$2 Trillion

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

I really have no conception of how much $2 trillion is, and I’m not helped much by knowing that it’s enough for a stack of 20-dollar bills to reach the moon.  $2 trillion is really, really a lot of money … Continue reading →

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America’s Low-Wage Future

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Working-Class Perspectives

British historian E.H. Carr once said something to the effect that while no serious scholar makes up the facts, they all choose which facts “to put on stage.”  The problem of cultural bias is that there are way too many … Continue reading →

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Stop Stealing from Workers

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Working-Class Perspectives

Late last year I sat in the office of an Ohio County Prosecutor and provided her and the County Sherriff thick notebooks documenting a systematic theft of workers’ wages by a local construction contractor by means of misclassification under Ohio … Continue reading →

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A Stimulus Package for the Working Class

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Working-Class Perspectives

It’s no secret that President-elect Obama and his economic team are assembling the components of the much-needed economic stimulus package they will propose in late January.  It’s also no secret that the proposal will include hundreds of billions of dollars … Continue reading →

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