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01/08/2009
Contract negotiations over (The Santa Clara)
After a nearly four-month struggle to ensure a living wage and extend health insurance coverage for Bon Appetit workers, the food service company and its unionized employees have ratified a five-year contract.
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01/07/2009
Inside Indiana Business column: Report outlines adult education, training (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is out with its latest report for improving Indiana's adult education and work force training efforts. Key recommendations include: goal setting and accountability, collaboration and alignment, affordability and marketing and awareness. Chamber President Kevin Brinegar said "if many of these recommendations are addressed, more adults will have living-wage jobs, ...
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01/06/2009
"People's State of the State" held outside Capitol (Legislative Gazette)
On the steps of the Capitol building today a group of approximately 25 people gathered raising multi-colored signs with slogans like “Health Care for All,” “Living Wage for All” and “Fair Taxation Will Help Our Economy” at the annual People’s State of the State.
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01/09/2009
YRC hourly workers agree to wage cut (The Kansas City Star)
Hourly workers of YRC Worldwide Inc. agreed to cut their wages by 10 percent in an effort to keep the struggling trucking company on the road.
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01/09/2009
Financial Fitness Can Raise Quality of Life (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
To piggy-back off Oprah, you can't live your best life free of unnecessary worry if you're swimming in financial turmoil.
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01/08/2009
Humane Officer Suspended Pending Drug Investigation (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
County officials tell WSAZ.com a humane officer was found with drug paraphernalia in a county car.
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01/09/2009
Flags to be Lowered for W.Va. Soldier (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
A soldier from Putnam County died this week in Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
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01/08/2009
W.Va. Fares OK in Adult Literacy, but Gaps Persist (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
Adult literacy rates have improved in West Virginia during the last two decades, but there are still big gaps between poorer, more rural counties and the rest of the state. WEB EXTRA: check out the county-by-county numbers
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01/08/2009
Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Hurricane Katrina Fraud (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
A 25-year-old Charleston man has pleaded guilty to falsely obtaining $2,000 by claiming to be a victim of Hurricane Katrina and then claiming identity theft to try to cover up his crime.
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01/08/2009
Dell Blight Sickens Ireland (SYS-CON Media)
Ireland has suffered through the British, the potato famine, mass migrations and now the latest blight – Dell, the country’s biggest exporter, accounting for 5% of its gross domestic product, deciding to pull up stakes and transfer all its EMEA manufacturing to its new factory in Poland and Asian subcontractors in the name of becoming more competitive on the back of cheap labor. read more
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| Business Leaders and Investors for a Living Wage - Report and FAQ about living wage from Responsible Wealth, a project of United for a Fair Economy.Campus Living Wage Project - A collection of interviews and information on campus Dane County Living Wage Campaign - Campaign reports and articles about Dane County's cost of living and wages.Employment Policies Institute - Living Wage Policies - Living wage resource site including research and an updated list of city proposals.Harvard Living Wage Campaign - Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty wages at Harvard, with a detailed discussion of the spread low-wage labor on campus, analysis and critique of reforms developed by Harvard, and testimonies of Harvard workers.Harvest for Humanity - An interdenominational employee-owner ministry, open to people of all faiths, races and ethnic backgrounds, working to provide improved economic opportunities.The Jus Semper Global Alliance - Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization.Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County (California) - The main purpose of the coalition is to address the problem of growing income inequality and poverty in its community.Living Wage Issue Guide - General information and publications about living wage by the Economic Policy Institute.Living Wage Resource Center - Includes information on existing ordinances and current campaigns.Progressive Maryland: Living Wage Campaign - Proposes self-sufficiency standards and the potential advantages of a statewide living wage. Describes the recent history of local legislation on the issue.United Students Against Sweatshops - National network of student groups working to end sweatshops and other labor abuses.Universal Living Wage Campaign - Introduction, petition, donations, volunteer information, FAQ, rent statistics, legislation, and links.Vermont Livable Wage Campaign - Frequently asked questions, analysis of working incomes, and organizing and actions in the state.NPR : Low-Wage America - According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the US to profile the low-income workforce, talking with people about their jobs, their families and their hopes for the future. (2004)'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US - A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor. (March 15, 2002)
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