Realistic & Fair Wages

February 13, 2012

Pop quiz: What was the federal minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers in the United States in 1992 (20 years ago)? Answer: $2.13 an hour. Next question: Right now, in 2012, what's the federal minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers? Answer: Still only $2.13 an hour. Yikes! Sad, but true: The...

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Ruth Martin

Realistic & Fair Wages

February 13, 2012

The federal minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers has been $2.13 for the past 20 years. That’s right! Two dollars and thirteen cents can’t even buy a gallon of gas or milk; yet, it is the hourly federal minimum wage for thousands of restaurant workers - most of whom are women! “I have worked...

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Monifa Bandele

Realistic & Fair Wages Health Care

February 3, 2012

There is an old adage in long term care that the best insurance against ever having to go to a nursing home is to have a daughter. In fact, about 66 percent of family caregivers are women. Today, there are 7 million elders in our nation who need long- term services and supports and that number is...

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Jodi Sturgeon

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September 21, 2011

On the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, MomsRising is celebrating Latina mothers across the United States, ¡Con Mucho Gusto! (With great pleasure.) With a population of 50 million in the United States (1), Latinos have and will continue to contribute to our country...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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August 25, 2011

She’d called me into her office, this lady boss of mine, newly charged with running what was then the 6th-largest newspaper in the country. Honestly, I thought I was in trouble—somebody always had a problem with the black girl who insisted on writing about rappers from Brooklyn and black actors in...

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Denene Millner

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August 25, 2011

A divorced janitor, a 27-year employee and the mother of a seventeen-year old son with the mental capacity of an 18-month old, fails to report for mandatory overtime one Saturday when her son’s caregiver could not work because of a sick child. She calls twice and leaves a message for her manager...

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Kristin Maschka

Realistic & Fair Wages

August 2, 2011

This week's Time Magazine cover story, " Chore Wars ," is a wake-up call for those who think men and women are approaching parity, at home and in the workplace. After the huge steps made towards equality in the latter half of the 20th century, progress is stalling out. Of course, that's not how the...

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Joan C. Williams

Realistic & Fair Wages

June 25, 2011

Since coming back from Netroots Nation , I have been thinking a lot about workers' rights. When did we get to the point in our country that workers like teachers and union members are the greedy and grubby ones? No one seems to care that much about the investors who don't have to work, for example...

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Elisa Batista

Realistic & Fair Wages

June 23, 2011

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked up to 1.6 million women from suing Walmart for sex discrimination in a class action lawsuit. The court's 5-4 conservative majority sided with business over women, claiming that Walmart's well-documented wage and hiring disparities are coincidences and not a...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Realistic & Fair Wages

June 20, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that female Wal-Mart workers could not carry out a class action lawsuit against the retail giant. But the court was split 5-4 on whether the women had grounds for a discrimination claim. From the Washington Post : The court split 5 to 4 on ideological lines...

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Elisa Batista