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Join The Booming Dollar Store Economy! Low Pay, Long Hours, May Work While Injured
Dawn Hughey had worked at Dollar General for just four months when she was named manager of a store in the Detroit suburbs in 2009. Having recently moved home after a stint in California, Hughey hoped the new honorific — and its … Continue reading
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Tagged Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, retail, United States, Variety store, wages, Walmart, workers
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Where Have America’s Wages Gone?
By Richard (RJ) Eskow A new briefing paper from the Economic Policy Institute provides an overview of the income stagnation currently plaguing the vast majority of Americans. “A Decade of Flat Wages,” by Lawrence Mishel and Heidi Shierholz, offers valuable background on … Continue reading
The High Probability of Being Poor in America
By Matt Bruenig Late last month, the Associated Press ran a report about economic insecurity that managed to gain some traction in certain parts of the political internet, and since then, again and again in certain relevant debates. The statistical … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Inequality, poverty, Poverty threshold, United States, Welfare
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Congressman: The Jobless Are Like Lazy Kids Who Need To ‘Step Up’
By Alan Pyke The trick to fixing the toughest job market since the Great Depression is to send jobless Americans to bed without supper, according to Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Speaking in Charleston, South Carolina on Monday, after arguing that … Continue reading
Eight years after Hurricane Katrina many evacuees yet to return
By Renee Lewis & Al Jazeera New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward is showing signs of new life eight years after Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But still, only 30 percent of the low-income neighborhood’s residents have returned, … Continue reading
President Obama Speech at 50th Anniversary of March on Washington
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Tagged March on Washington anniversary, President Obama, speech, video
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America Is No-Vacation Nation
By Jodie Gummow Americans as a society generally don’t take vacations. While many of us would love to travel, we live in an economy where job security is rare and most of us live in fear that if we take … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual leave, job, Job security, Netherlands, United States, vacation, work, work-life balance, workers
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Maybe You Get Bad Customer Service Because You’re a Bad Customer
By Matt Walsh I could have taken a picture of you and posted it here to publicly shame you, but I didn’t. That’s because I am not trying to be vindictive, ma’am. I’d merely like to answer that question you … Continue reading
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Tagged business, call centers, courtesy, Customer service, fast food, merchandising, Office, retail, sales
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How Wireless Carriers Make You Trash Your Phone Before It’s Really Broken
By Kiera Butler Years ago, someone stole my very first cellphone (a flip model with—get this—an antenna) out of my bag on the New York City subway. I despaired. As a grad student, I was chronically broke and couldn’t afford … Continue reading
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