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- If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wage would be $24 an hour https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/21/if-worker-pay-had-kept-pace-productivity-gains-1968-todays-minimum-wage-would-be-24 438 comments
- Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line with productivity https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minimum-wage-26-dollars-economy-productivity/ 882 comments politics
- Workers would be earning $10 more per hour if their wages had kept up with the increase in productivity https://www.epi.org/press/workers-would-be-earning-10-hour-more-if-their-wages-had-kept-up-with-the-increase-in-productivity/?utm_source=economic+policy+institute&utm_campaign=0d81be6783-email_campaign_2019_02_22_11_12_copy_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-0d81be6783-58318149&mc_cid=0d81be6783&mc_eid=d7a1dbeb2a 4 comments economy
- This is What Minimum Wage Would Be If It Kept Pace with Productivity https://cepr.net/this-is-what-minimum-wage-would-be-if-it-kept-pace-with-productivity/ 6 comments politics
- Disparities in minimum wages across the EU - Product https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/fr/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20190131-2 6 comments europe
- In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning: Job-hopping increases, in possible boon to wage growth and productivity https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-this-economy-quitters-are-winning-1530702001?mod=hp_lead_pos3 4 comments economy
- Workers have 30 percent LESS buying power today than in 1968. If the minimum wage had kept up with employee productivity, it would be $16.54 per hour instead of $7.25. http://thecontributor.com/economy/eight-most-dumped-americans 392 comments politics
- If the minimum wage had kept up with productivity growth over this period, it would now be $18.67 per hour http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/want-to-boost-power-of-wages-over.html 173 comments politics
- Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn't Min Wage Keeping Up With Productivity? Should Be $22 p/h - Americans Against the Tea Party http://aattp.org/elizabeth-warren-why-isnt-min-wage-keeping-up-with-productivity-should-be-22-ph/#.uuzk6s4-p0y.reddit 2941 comments politics
- Productivity and wage growth since 1973 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/07/1192309/-don-t-think-class-war-from-above-is-real-check-out-productivity-and-wage-growth-since-1973 5 comments politics
- Minimum Wage Would Be $21.72 If It Kept Pace With Increases In Productivity http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/minimum-wage-productivity_n_2680639.html 1044 comments politics
- American Productivity At Record Levels -- With Income And Wages In The Basement http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/american-productivity-record-levels-i 9 comments politics
- Germany's minimum wage spurred productivity, but hit small firms https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-minimum-wage-spurred-productivity-but-hit-small-firms/a-52418775 61 comments europe
- "Since 1979, American workers’ productivity has increased by 80 percent. The income of the top 1 percent has increased 240 percent. And the average American wage, adjusted for inflation, has gone up just a few percentage points, maybe 8 percent. It wasn’t always this way..." http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/17/the-biggest-most-important-2016-debate.html 1491 comments politics
- Russia Plans Massive Productivity and Wage Hike for Space Industry Workforce http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-plans-massive-productivity-and-wage-hike-for-space-industry-workforce/512043.html 6 comments russia
- Russia Plans Massive Productivity and Wage Hike for Space Industry Workforce http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-plans-massive-productivity-and-wage-hike-for-space-industry-workforce/512043.html 129 comments worldnews
- Real Wages Decline Again — Literally No One Notices. given the higher productivity implies rising inequality http://www.businessinsider.com/real-wages-decline-literally-no-one-notices-2013-6 33 comments politics
- The Minimum Wage Would Be $21.72 an Hour if it Rose with Productivity Since 1968 http://thecontributor.com/minimum-wage-would-be-2172-hour-if-it-rose-productivity-1968 9 comments politics
- The Minimum Wage Would Be $21.72 An Hour If It Rose With Productivity Since 1968 http://boldprogressives.org/the-minimum-wage-would-be-21-72-per-hour-if-it-rose-with-productivity-since-1968/#.ur1ypfqgmpu 72 comments politics
- The Five-Step Process to Cheat the Middle Class Worker | 1. Boost productivity while keeping worker wages flat. 2. Build up a financial industry that has no maximum wage. 3. Keep accumulating wealth created by the financial industry. 4. Tax yourself as little as possible... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/14-2 55 comments politics
- Wages have fallen to a record low as a share of America’s gross domestic product. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/sunday-review/americas-productivity-climbs-but-wages-stagnate.html?_r=0 15 comments economy
- Understanding the impact of automation on workers, jobs, and wages - AI will increase the challenges many workers will face from automation, while still contributing to higher standards of living due to higher worker productivity. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2022/01/19/understanding-the-impact-of-automation-on-workers-jobs-and-wages/ 82 comments futurology
- Hundreds of Haiti's factory workers protested in Port-au-Prince against a small increase in the minimum wage set by the government. The workers, paid 4.75 dollars a day, are demanding 12.75 dollars for an eight-hour day making products in factories outsourced to foreign companies http://www.france24.com/en/20170710-haitian-factory-workers-demand-higher-wages 17 comments worldnews
- A Russian official has accused US fast food giants McDonalds and Coca Cola of waging "war" against citizens by aggressively marketing "unhealthy" products to them http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-government-attacks-mcdonalds-coca-cola-waging-war-country-1490739 831 comments worldnews
- Wages of Win with a great response to "Leonard is a product of the Spurs system" http://wagesofwins.com/2013/05/21/how-did-the-spurs-get-a-player-like-kawhi-leonard/ 15 comments nba
- If the minimum wage had risen in step with productivity growth, it would be over $16.50 an hour today. http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14628-minimum-wage-who-decided-workers-should-fall-behind 166 comments politics
- Every day that Congress fails to pass an increase of the federal minimum wage is another day where millions of families struggle to make ends meet. No one can live on $7.25 per hour. If the minimum wage had grown at the rate of productivity since 1960 it would be $25/hr today. https://twitter.com/JosephNSanberg/status/1538879716563689473 354 comments economy
- Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line with productivity - The federal minimum wage in the U.S. has remained glued at $7.25 an hour for the last 12 years, the longest stretch without a boost since it was first adopted in 1938. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minimum-wage-26-dollars-economy-productivity/ 206 comments futurology
- U.S. productivity rebounds in second quarter, wage inflation muted http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-usa-economy-iduskbn0g81c520140808?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews&utm_source=twitter 12 comments politics
- Is Education a Silver Bullet for Fixing the Economy? Over the past 30 years, the U.S. workforce has gotten a lot more educated and productive, but fewer of us have a good job. If productivity growth had been shared fairly, the $37,000 median wage would be $68,000. http://www.nextnewdeal.net/education-silver-bullet-fixing-economy 49 comments economy
- Amazon has admitted that thousands of agency workers who make its Echo smart speakers and Kindles in China were hired and paid illegally. Agency staff – known as dispatch workers in China – do not get sick pay or holiday pay and can be laid off without wages during lulls in production. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/09/amazon-contractor-foxconn-pay-workers-illegally 186 comments worldnews
- Wage Growth in the U.S. is Stuck in the 70s: "'[A]s productivity has continued to rise, typical workers’ wages simply have not.'" http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/wage-growth-us-stuck-70s 436 comments politics
- Union membership has declined from 20% in 1980 to just over 7% in 2006. In that same period, CEO pay has increased from 42x what the average worker made in 1980 to 364x in 2006. Meanwhile, workers’ wages remained stagnant as they were unable to reap the benefits of productivity increases. http://www.theseminal.com/2009/04/28/efca-making-green-jobs-good-jobs/ 102 comments politics
- Consumer companies try price hikes as U.S. wages climb - Consumer goods companies, emboldened by a strong U.S. economy, are rolling out price increases on everyday products and groceries after several years of haggling with big retailers that needed cheaper products to attract customers. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/consumer-companies-try-price-hikes-as-us-wages-climb/ar-bbpgg2h 4 comments economy
- "I think tariffs are something that have existed in this county for many, many years. And it is not acceptable that companies shut down, move to China, pay people there a fraction of the wages they paid in the United States and then they bring their products back." http://politicsnow.buffalonews.com/2016/04/17/in-interview-with-sanders-answers-to-how-his-economic-plan-would-affect-buffalo/ 25 comments politics
- Despite seeming passive, plants wage wars with each other to outgrow and absorb sunlight. Scientists have discovered a way by which plants assess the quality of shade to outgrow menacing neighbors, a finding that could be used to improve the productivity of crops. http://www.phys.org/news/2015-12-sun-cellular-sensor.html 25 comments science
- US economy is showing some productivity pep. There are hopeful signs that the US is adjusting to the high-wage, high-interest-rate economy that's become a post-pandemic reality. US labor productivity growth jumped by a 4.7% annualized rate in the third quarter. That's the fastest since 2003. https://www.axios.com/2023/11/03/productivity-growth-us-economy 11 comments economy
- The Lag In Wages Vs. Productivity: The ongoing pattern of stagnant pay as worker productivity increases, having raged unabated since the 1970s, now costs an average United States household $18,000 per year in lost income. http://zcomm.org/sendpress/eyjpzci6nzc4mzy4lcj2awv3ijoizw1hawwifq/ 10 comments economy
- Inequality, Productivity, and WhatsApp | Unless we figure out how to bring productivity, corporate profits, jobs and wages back into line--or spread the gains more widely—our economy can't generate enough demand to sustain itself, and our society can't maintain enough cohesion to keep us together. http://robertreich.org/post/77305875533 8 comments politics
- What undermines the work ethic and threatens the chance to succeed? Not government. It’s a modern economy in which you work more productively, but your wages don’t rise. It’s a bloated financial sector that sent the world into turmoil. It’s a university system that is indispensable but unaffordable. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/opinion/brooks-the-party-of-work.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121109 111 comments politics