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“Debunking The Myth”: Doable, Efficient, And Necessary, A Higher Minimum Wage...
As fast-food workers strike across the nation, progressives must separate fact from fiction in order to secure a living minimum wage. Fast-food workers are going on strike from New York to Seattle to...
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“No, Walmart Doesn’t Create Jobs”: Contrary To The Happy Talk, It Actually...
Because it’s a such a slow news day, and because the DC big box living wage bill is still in the news, I thought I’d write about the Walmart piece I published in Salon.com earlier this week. First, an...
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“Bad Politics And Worse Policy”: GOP’s Minimum Wage Disaster; How Chris...
Buoyed by surveys showing that voters overwhelmingly support raising the federal minimum wage, Democrats have held Republicans’ feet to the fire this year, pressing GOP candidates and officeholders to...
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“It’s Always Black Friday For Clerks”: The Result Of Decisions And Policies...
Contrary to what you may assume about me, I actually enjoy the occasional trip to the mall. It’s a kind of a sociological expedition of the sort I find instructive and entertaining—I love watching the...
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“The Real Deadbeats”: You’re Not The Deadbeat. The Waltons Are The Deadbeats
If you are tired of your taxpayer dollars being used to pay Wal-Mart employees the money that the Waltons refuse to pay them, then you might be interested in the large Black Friday protests that are...
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“Hold Your Applause”: Walmart’s Wage Hike Still About Greed
With much fanfare and platitudes like “Our people make the difference,” WalMart has achieved a public relations coup by granting quite meager raises to its employees. The headlines make the $277...
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“Demand A Higher Wage, People!”: The Status Quo Of Wage Injustice And...
Chasten Florence was on his lunch break when he decided to join a protest outside a McDonald’s in New York City on Wednesday. To be honest, Florence wasn’t really sure what he was helping protest. But...
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“Trolling For Low-Wage Jobs”: Gov. Rick Scott; Florida’s Ambassador For Cheap...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott went to California last week to steal some jobs. Guess how that brilliant idea turned out. Scott urged California businesses to pack up and move to Florida because the minimum...
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