New Orleans We are now several weeks past Black Friday, the annual shopping extravaganza that seems to defy logic, but one hardcore, working mother desperate for Christmas bargains defined it as her annual “Super Bowl of shopping.” Walmart company representatives have described this year’s day after Thanksgiving shopping blowout as their best ever. OUR …
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Fast Food Tradeoff: Less Jobs for Living Wages
New Orleans In the national publicity one-day strikes for higher wages of $15 per hour that waved their banners in hundreds of cities around the country, no one really believes that the $15 per hour figure is anything other than a rallying cry or in bargaining terms, a first proposal. Organizers, including with the Service …
Massachusetts and Wisconsin Already Moving on Minimum Wage Initiatives
Shreveport In looking at the results on the minimum wage ballot vote, particularly in New Jersey, President Obama spoke out again about his support for a minimum wage increase federally from the current $7.25 in a series of steps to $10.10 per hour. He wasn’t the only one speaking out on the need to increase …