Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Highlights of Pennsylvania’s minimum wage legislation
Nov 20, 2019 by The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate has passed compromise legislation to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage for the first time since 2009 in a deal with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. However, Wolf gave up a number of concessions to win its passage, and its prospects in Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled House
Gett shutting down Juno, announces Lyft partnership
The three-year old ride-hail app Juno will shut down Monday evening, parent company Gett announced today, citing “misguided” city regulations and a strategic shift toward the corporate transportation sector. A spokeswoman said the Juno app will go dark sometime around 6 p.m. Juno has been struggling for some time. Earlier this year, when it was
Poverty is at crisis levels, but Boris Johnson doesn’t care
By Polly Toynbee Nov 19, 2019 In the dying days of the 2010 general election, too late, far too late, one event electrified the campaign. Citizens UK, the living wage community organisers, held a leaders’ hustings under the high dome of London’s Methodist Central Hall. In a heart-stopping moment, a 14-year-old girl, Tia Sanchez, stepped
Letters to the editor for Nov. 19, 2019
By William Farley and Max Hulen The City of Ottumwa is considering investing in the development of a hotel property adjacent to the Bridgeview Center. The primary goal of the investment, as stated by Councilmember Mark Roe during his editorial board interview, is to attract visitor spending and offset the existing public subsidy to the
Predatory lenders working to protect profits by freezing Arizona’s minimum wage?
By Laurie Roberts Nov. 18, 2019 Attention Arizona: You have before you a bold — really bold (think brazen) — opportunity. The chance to sign a petition that “unleashes the ingenuity of the American spirit to strive to grow and prosper”. The chance to “safeguard fundamental freedom” and remain free from “the whims of politicians
BONUS TIME Lidl to give 19,000 staff pay rise next year as Living Wage jumps
By Levi Winchester Nov., 19 2019 MORE than 19,000 Lidl workers are set for a pay rise – but not until March next year. The supermarket is hiking pay packets to match the new Real Living Wage, which is rising to £9.30 per hour outside London. Employees working in London will see their wages boosted