“Labor advocates have long pushed brands like Nike to pay what’s known as a living wage, calling it a basic human right.”
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Posted inEditor's Pick
What Happened to the Women Prisoners at Hickman’s Farms
“During the pandemic, in an unheard-of experiment, incarcerated women in Arizona were moved to a prison camp on a multimillion-dollar private farm, where hazardous, meagerly paid work changed their lives forever.”
Posted inCollege, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
How College Professors Are Fighting for Their Lives
Adjuncts have unionized to try to negotiate a livable wage, but can their efforts defeat the college industrial complex?
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Story
The State of the Bookstore Union
The Strand, New York City’s largest independent bookstore, is owned by a millionaire — and the booksellers who work there are all broke.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
It’s a Small Paycheck After All
Disneyland’s painfully low wages make for an unmagical kingdom.
Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Let Them Eat Pancakes
Employer loyalty is nice, but people can’t actually their pay bills with it.
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Behind a $13 Shirt, a $6-an-Hour Worker
An expose on sweatshops in Los Angeles that exploit mostly undocumented workers, paying them less than minimum wage to work in slave-like conditions, and the loop-holes protecting retailers that use these sweatshops for their house brands — including Forever 21, TJ Maxx and Marshall’s.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Quotes
It’s Not Just About the Minimum Wage: Barbara Ehrenreich Revisits Her Book
So what is the solution to the poverty of so many of America’s working people? Ten years ago, when Nickel and Dimed first came out, I often responded with the standard liberal wish list — a higher minimum wage, universal health care, affordable housing, good schools, reliable public transportation, and all the other things we, […]
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
‘Must Be Hard to Live on That’: A Labor Day Reading List
Here, five stories from the labor movement, and from workers just looking for a better opportunity for themselves.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
‘Must Be Hard to Live on That’: A Labor Day Reading List
Here, five stories from the labor movement, and from workers just looking for a better opportunity for themselves.