wages

Bosses Know Why Workers are "Quiet Quitting"

Workers are doing more for less, and have been for decades. Industry knows this; they're worried that workers are beginning to understand it, too. 

Your House Makes More Money than You Do

Rising real estate values are bringing more wealth to Americans than wages and salaries are. This is a big problem for economic equality.

The Economy is Good, Actually

by Zachary D. Carter

An economic historian says that the recovery from the pandemic is historically good in terms of the share of gains going to low-income workers, but the politics are not working in the Democrats' favor. 

The Filibuster is an Anti-Worker Rule, Too

by Emily DiVito and Suzanne Kahn

Since 1948, the filibuster has blocked three major labor reform bills affecting "right to work" laws, streamlining the union recognition process, and protecting workers from retaliation during labor disputes. Eliminating it is critical for economic justice. 

A Living Wage Should Be A Constitutional Right

by John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco

"It is time we invert John F. Kennedy’s famous dictum (“Ask not what your country can do for you …”) and ask what can the country do for us?"

The Surprising Cross-Racial Saga of Modern Wealth Inequality

by Adolph Reed Jr.

A political scientist argues that the black-white wealth gap is mostly a product of four decades of income gains accruing to the highest earners; accordingly a broad economic justice program is the best way to close the wealth gap. 

Trump Has Blocked Wage Gains for American Workers

by Lawrence Wittner

Although the pundits say the U.S. economy is booming―and it certainly is for the country’s billionaires―it’s not doing much for the incomes of American workers. 

It Takes Black Women in the U.S. 20 Months to Earn What White Men Make in a Year. Here's the History Behind That Wage Gap

by Andrea Flynn

In order to understand the present day race and gender wage gaps we must first look to slavery and the Jim Crow era that followed. 

Teacher Pay, Presidential Politics, and New York’s Modest Proposal of 1818

by Adam Laats

When underpaid teachers threaten to walk away, school leaders have always considered desperate plans to fix desperate financial problems.