#Wages

Jeff, who pays over $750 in taxes every year

NewJeffCT

Before the colossal failure of the Trump Covid-19 response, Donny was touting the economy and a “Blue Collar Boom” in wages for the working class. He will say he can

United Campus Workers Colorado

ucwcolorado

Did you know that prisons across Colorado currently force imprisoned people to work as slaves? (How is this legal? https://www.ucwcolorado.org/stories/faq ) Colorado’s slave labor program is overseen by a government agency

talia

mxtaliajane

stop with the “unemployment benefits are too good and that’s why people aren’t going back to work.”the issue is wages are bad and returning to work is still not safe

Official_ASUU

ASUUNGR

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abiodun Ogunyemi, has advised members of the union to be prudent in spending their paid salaries, saying the payment was not an

Steven Greenhouse

greenhousenyt

Marilynne Robinson--"Much American unhappiness has arisen from the cordoning-off of low-income workers from the hope that they & their children will be fairly compensated for their work..." https://www.nybooks.com/articles/202

Toronto Star

TorontoStar

In Brampton, temp workers, many of them immigrants waiting for permanent status, are risking their lives without a real safety net like higher wages, or enough accessible sick leave. All

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

I think many heard that the government would pay the remaining 2/3rds of an employee’s wages (I didn’t quite catch it either) but that’s not quite right- the 2/3rds will

Raging Covid

RagingCorvid

Let's do a thinking experiment. [Long thread]Why do businesses hire new employees? Answer is pretty obvious. To 1. Expand. 2. Division of labour.Why expand? Why implement division of labour?A: Expand

Victoria Guida

vtg2

I thought it might be a good time to do a thread on inflation. 1/x Most people know that inflation relates to higher prices, but if the price of milk

loose lady of the nite

LIBGyal

UberEats talking about "support this restaurant, give 100% of the profit by paying an extra fee". I am already supporting the restaurant by buying the food, paying the fees and

David Robbins

David_J_Robbins

1/10) Reports that HMT wants to end State Pension Triple Lock. In law, Basic State Pension & New State Pension must rise at least with earnings. CPI & 2.5% components

Pete Davis 🌱

PeteDDavis

In honor of Labor Day, here’s a goal for the coming decade: A 30-hour workweek by Labor Day 2030. It’s been 80 years (and a 250+% gain in productivity) since

Sabrina Maggiore

SabrinaNC9

THEY’RE HIRING: Chattanooga businesses say they need help, but can’t find the employees to work for them. Rib & Loin says they had to close their in-house service today because

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

30 million workers have had their financial lifeline cut off, and talks are stalled. But this isn't because "Congress" is dysfunctional; it's because *Republicans* are wedded to nonsense economics 1/

Mandy Nicole, First of Her Name

ThatMandyNicole

I am begging you to understand that “people on unemployment are currently making more than people working for minimum wage” does not mean that unemployment benefits are too high, but

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

One of the most propagandized, weaponized & misunderstood concepts in economics is inflation.It’s also one of the most important.In this thread, we will cut through the lies about inflation &