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Activist 44

A Socialist wrote 7 hours ago: Includes articles on working at Primark, Doncaster ex-Tesco drivers protest, Amazon strike in German … more →

Tags: the activist, John Hannett, Tesco, Pay, Strike, General Strike, national shop stewards network, unite, doncaster

So It's Serfdom, Again

John Pennington, San Francisco wrote 7 hours ago: You remember the English serfs, right? Serfs worked for extremely wealthy landowners with titles lik … more →

Tags: better government, Conservative, extractive economy, feudal England, job-creators, medical bankruptcy, modern serfdom, the poor define freedom

City Watch #52 comments

WCC Watch wrote 21 hours ago: Our latest round up of recent news and events around Wellington. If you think we’ve missed anything … more →

Tags: News, amalgamation, Basin Reserve, bryan pepperell, celia wade-brown, Chief Executive Officer, eastern ward, Fluoride, Fran Wilde

Unlivable Wage2 comments

Chip Monck wrote 1 day ago: I am down to the last few pages of a book I have been reading titled “Nickle and Dimed“. … more →

Tags: just another, Finances, financial stress, Income, lower class, middle class, nickel and dimed, Salary, @ vacation

Peck's problems with pay5 comments

northernwccwatch wrote 1 day ago: Labour Lambton Ward candidate, Mark Peck, has (predictably) been getting a hard time over at Whaleoi … more →

Tags: Elections, Lambton Ward, Campaign 2013, Labour, Mark Peck

Support Costco

ka6dks wrote 3 days ago: Support Costco Support Costco! … more →

Tags: costco, Health Benefits

Wages rise faster than inflation: cause to celebrate or just a blip?

The Money Spy wrote 4 days ago: In April wages, including bonuses, fell by 0.3 per cent. This was a staggeringly awful piece of econ … more →

Tags: Employment, UK economy, united kingdom, Business News 2013, Employment, Inflation, Institute for Fiscal Studies, ONS, recession

Employees First. Wall Street Second.

Bill Florin wrote 4 days ago: Businessweek recently profiled Costco. In case you missed it – and if you have any interest at all i … more →

Tags: Society, Retail, Employment Issues, costco, trader joe's, BusinessWeek, McJob

Minimum wage, what should be the true minimun wage?

sherswan wrote 5 days ago: There are very few reasons that could explain why this wouldn’t be fair. Many people feel this … more →

Tags: wage, Minimum Wage, poverty, Cycle of poverty, Employment

A Living Wage for Wellington City Council1 comment

WCC Watch wrote 1 week ago: Wellington City Councillors today supported in principle to become a ‘Living Wage Council … more →

Tags: Policy, Wellington City Council, Andy Foster, bryan pepperell, celia wade-brown, Helene Ritchie, Ian McKinnon, iona pannett, Jo Coughlan

How Costco saves taxpayers money

Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance wrote 1 week ago: The discount retail chain has remained steadfast on giving decent pay and benefits for its rank and … more →

Tags: Management, Compensation, costco, Eleanor Bloxham, Human Resources, Pay and Benefits

President Obama / Call for a Living Wage

Job Market Monitor wrote 1 week ago: “And now is the time to make sure that we are putting in place a minimum wage that you can live on — … more →

Tags: In The News, Economy, Business, Minimum Wage, President Obama

City Watch #4

WCC Watch wrote 1 week ago: Our latest round up of recent news and events around Wellington. If you think we’ve missed anything … more →

Tags: News, amalagmation, artificial turf, bryan pepperell, Campaign 2013, celia wade-brown, City Watch, cuba street, Fluoride

The in box. No living wage at the high schools either. 3 comments

Fred Klonsky wrote 1 week ago: Fred, Unfortunately the same is pretty much true at the high school level. I worked at a wealthy sou … more →

A Question of Logic3 comments

The Political Idealist wrote 1 week ago: Labour has angered many of its grassroots activists with last week’s policy announcements. The party … more →

Tags: austerity, Cuts, Ed Miliband, Equality, Labour, News, One Nation, poverty, Socialism

Day 9 of 30 Day Challenge10 comments

Natalya wrote 1 week ago: Question: If you could have any job in the world what would it be? Wow, I guess if practical stuff l … more →

Tags: art 2, Blogging/Writing, Buddhist/Zen, Creative, Education, Health 2, Human Behaviour/Psycholgy, meditation 2, spirituality

Labour's vision for welfare reform...

markdowe1 wrote 1 week ago: Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, has outlined his vision for the future of welfare reform and aims to … more →

Tags: Government, Politics, Economic, Britain, Labour, Ed Miliband, housing benefit, Welfare Reform

On Fresh Food, Debt and Buying American Made and Grown8 comments

Brianna Kocka wrote 1 week ago: I’m sitting here in my $200 dollar American made jeans entrenched in a Facebook and WordPress … more →

Tags: Politics, Philosophy, Food, Local, organic, American Made, ethics, Food Ethics, Food Security

Part 2 of my lottery winnings dream.

larryjben wrote 1 week ago: Circa 1918 illustration of the manufacturing plant of the Lufkin Rule Company in Saginaw, Michigan. … more →

Tags: united states, Michigan, Business, Saginaw Michigan


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