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- Wages Up, Prices Low: Shake Shack’s Food for Thought for the Fed http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/upshot/wages-up-prices-low-shake-shacks-food-for-thought-for-fed.html 4 comments
- Immigrants Push Down Wages for Low-Income Workers—But How Much? http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/02/09/immigrants-push-down-wages-for-low-income-workers-but-how-much/?mod=wsjblog 6 comments economy
- Walmart Calls Out The Nation for its Low-Wage Internship Program http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/07/walmart-calls-out-the-nation-for-its-low-wage-internship-program.html 5 comments politics
- 'We Are Not Robots': Amazon Workers Across Europe Walk Out on Black Friday Over Low Wages and 'Inhuman Conditions' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/23/we-are-not-robots-amazon-workers-across-europe-walk-out-black-friday-over-low-wages 323 comments technology
- Why Are Liberals Resigned to Low Wages? http://www.thenation.com/article/200257/score-wages-liberal-nihilism 4 comments politics
- How Walmart's Low Wages Cost All Americans, Not Just Its Workers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/walmart_n_4466850.html 4 comments economy
- Welfare Isn’t Too Generous—Wages Are Too Low http://www.epi.org/blog/welfare-isnt-generous-wages/ 1519 comments politics
- Could Fast Food Automation Replace Low Wage Workers? http://econfuture.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/could-fast-food-automation-replace-low-wage-workers/ 6 comments economy
- This Isn't a Labor Shortage—It's a Strike by Workers Kicked in the Face by Low Wages for Too Long https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/10/isnt-labor-shortage-its-strike-workers-kicked-face-low-wages-too-long 854 comments politics
- Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/?mobile=nc 18 comments economy
- Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/economy/recovery-has-created-far-more-low-wage-jobs-than-better-paid-ones.html?smid=re-share 5 comments economy
- Obama holds a 2 to 1 edge over McCain among the nation's low-wage workers, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/ar2008080301969.html?hpid=topnews 14 comments politics
- After Sanders criticism, Donald Trump flip-flops: US wages 'are too low' http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/28/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-minimum-wage 359 comments politics
- The United States Leads in Low-Wage Work and the Lowest Wages for Low-Wage Workers http://www.epi.org/blog/united-states-leads-wage-work-lowest-wages/ 27 comments economy
- Minor Leaguers sue MLB over low Minor League wages http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ex-minor-leaguers-sue-mlb-over-low-salaries 17 comments baseball
- 80% of Americans think the federal minimum wage is too low, new poll finds https://www.businessinsider.com/80-percent-americans-think-minimum-wage-is-too-low-2021-3 1099 comments politics
- Airline food worker says protesters tired of 'low-poverty wages' https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/458258-airline-food-worker-says-protesters-want-end-to-low-poverty-wages 2 comments politics
- Trump resorts rejected dozens of U.S. workers so they could hire low-wage foreign workers https://www.salon.com/2019/04/26/trump-resorts-rejected-dozens-of-u-s-workers-so-they-could-hire-low-wage-foreign-workers/ 141 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders targets Walmart and takes aim at low wages and CEO | The Resistance Now https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/17/bernie-sanders-stop-walmart-act-ceo-pay-low-wages 3 comments politics
- With Official Unemployment This Low, Why Are Wages Rising So Slowly? https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/with-official-unemployment-this-low-why-are-wages-rising-so-slowly 7 comments economy
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the Premier League's highest earner but even his wages are dwarfed by NBA's low-profile names http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-3686689/zlatan-ibrahimovic-premier-league-s-highest-earner-wages-dwarfed-nba-s-low-profile-names-crazy-figures-american-basketball.html 61 comments soccer
- Costco's Profit Soars To $459 Million As Low-Wage Competitors Struggle http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/30/costco-profits_n_3359033.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=politics 3 comments politics
- Study finds that strong government policy, not low wages, is the key to keeping domesti manufacturing jobs. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/27/us-usa-economy-manufacturing-idustre81q1eu20120227?feedtype=rss&feedname=politicsnews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+reuters%2Fpoliticsnews+%28news+%2F+us+%2F+politics+news%29 8 comments politics
- If people in the US continue to tip, wages will continue to be low but customers are expected to tip due to poor wages. What can break this cycle? https://www.cnbc.com/2014/09/19/the-tipping-point-do-tips-perpetuate-unfair-wages.html 22 comments politics
- People tell me it's some grand scheme that workers won't work because of low wages. This will be our starting point to "beg the differ" https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/06/politics/pandemic-unemployment-benefits-end/index.html 39 comments politics
- GM Workers Strike Against Low Wages and Two-Tier Contracts https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/general-motors-strike-uaw-united-auto-workers/ 4 comments politics
- Stuart Rose: Ex-M&S boss who supported low wages for migrants to lead campaign to keep Britain in the EU http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stuart-rose-businessman-who-backed-immigration-for-cutting-wages-to-lead-campaign-to-keep-britain-in-a6688561.html 8 comments europe
- "Raymond Burse, who leads Kentucky State University as interim president, will give up $90,000 of his salary so that 24 low wage workers on campus can earn $10.25 an hour." http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/06/news/economy/university-president-salary-gift/index.html?iid=sf_e_river 31 comments politics
- Obamacare Glitch Could Make Coverage Unaffordable For Low-Wage Workers, Deductibles Also Put Buying Care Out Of Reach http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/obamacare-glitch-unaffordable_n_3435735.html 4 comments politics
- China's status as a low-cost labor market is ending: Workers sniff at raises less than twice their current wages http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/foxconn-plant-in-peanut-field-shows-labor-eroding-china-s-edge.html 6 comments business
- How the recession turned middle-class jobs into low-wage jobs http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/28/how-the-recession-turned-middle-class-jobs-into-low-wage-jobs/ 14 comments politics
- Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages, Study Finds - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/business/majority-of-new-jobs-pay-low-wages-study-finds.html?_r=2 18 comments politics
- A majority of low-wage workers earn so little they must rely on public assistance to make ends meet http://www.epi.org/publication/a-majority-of-low-wage-workers-earn-so-little-they-must-rely-on-public-assistance-to-make-ends-meet/ 241 comments politics
- As Workers Strike Against Low Wages, Fast-Food CEOs Fatten Pockets with Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/5/as_workers_strike_against_low_wages 5 comments politics
- Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh walked off the job in protest at low wages Monday, sparking clashes with security forces and damaging multiple factories in unrest that left at least two people dead, police said https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231030-two-dead-as-bangladesh-garment-workers-protest-low-pay 13 comments worldnews
- The slow process of turning the US into a low wage McJobs nation: US breaks even with jobs lost since 2007, those not in the labor force jumps nearly 13 million, and 1 out of 4 is working for $10 an hour or less. http://www.mybudget360.com/low-wage-mcjobs-recovery-not-in-labor-force-participation/ 26 comments economy
- Kansas Bleeds the Middle Class - Are we on our way to becoming a low-wage nation? Recent trends in suburban poverty indicate that Americans are facing an uphill battle to secure well-paying jobs. http://prospect.org/article/kansas-bleeds-middle-class 68 comments politics
- My favorite part of the debate was Obama's honesty. "Candy, there are some jobs that are not going to come back. Because they are low wage, low skill jobs. I want high wage, high skill jobs." This brutal honesty is what is needed to combat Romney's smoke being blown up peoples' asses. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/17/what-romney-and-obama-said-about-apples-iphone-jobs/ 3 comments politics
- Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg Sues to Keep New Yorkers' Wages Low: The world's 20th richest man declared recently that a living wage bill passed (over his veto) by New York's city council was the next best thing to Communist central planning. http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/billionaire-mayor-bloomberg-sues-keep-new-yorkers-wages-low 892 comments politics
- The low wages and scheduling problems create massive turnover, but Wal-Mart has concluded that hiring and training a steady stream of new associates is cheaper than keeping the ones they have by paying decent wages and opening careers to promotion and advancement. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-wal-mart16-2009aug16,0,7912684.story 3 comments politics