Auckland Talking to union members, organizers, and activists in New Zealand, one thing many of them mentioned as a bright, shining spot has been the progress of the Living Wage Movement throughout the country. The national mandatory minimum wage is $16.50 NZ per hour, and the living wage number this fall is going to be …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Finally, South Carolina Finally Cracking Down on Electric Coop Abuses
Kawakawa A couple of years ago after extensive research Social Policy published two extensive studies focusing on rural electric cooperatives in all of the southern states and their lack of diversity and democracy. We didn’t throw the rock and hide the hand. Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center and its Rural Power Project sent a …
Raising the Minimum Wage and Lowering the Maximum Wage
Kawakawa, New Zealand After decades of organizing to raise the minimum wage at the local, state, federal, and international level and winning more battles than losing, it is still frustrating to see the inequality gap increasing in country after country, as we continue to be ignored in Congress with a frozen national minimum wage and …