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Employers claw back living wage in cuts to perks, hours and pay

Edit The Observer 17 Apr 2016
From fish factories in Grimsby to coffee shops in central London and even Waitrose supermarkets, workers across the country are seeing perks and pay rates cut as companies try to offset the cost of George Osborne’s national living wage ... “When the chancellor announced the national living wage, he said ... Along with the national living wage, the chancellor also announced a cut in corporation tax to help companies afford it....

Free trade has won: adapt or die is the only option left to us

Edit The Observer 17 Apr 2016
In the protectionist camp, there is now a wide range of political parties from the extreme left to the extreme right. from Syriza to Ukip, from the Front National to Podemos ... “Made in” labels mean little nowadays ... But the import and sale of goods produced by workers in other countries who do not receive the minimum national living wage – “modern slavery” – is not free trade – it is an abuse of human rights....

Burger Shop by a Rule of Tum: restaurant review

Edit The Guardian 17 Apr 2016
The town has a breed of cattle named after it, so it makes sense that Hereford should also have a decent burger joint. Burger Shop by a Rule of Tum, 32 Aubrey Street, Hereford HR4 OBU (01432 351 764) ... The burger is half a pound of well-aged, rough-chopped meat, and could double as a pouffe in a 70s living room ... ■ The YO! Sushi group has announced it will pay the National Living Wage (or above) to all its employees, regardless of age ... ....

Clinton pitches minimum-wage boost while fundraising in L.A.

Edit Tampa Bay Online 16 Apr 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hillary Clinton detoured Saturday from a weekend of big-dollar fundraising in California to pitch her plans to raise the federal minimum wage and refresh her criticism of rival Bernie Sanders in advance of Tuesday's New York primary ... federal base wage ... We need a living wage," she told the audience at Southwest Los Angeles College....

Hillary Clinton detours from Clooney fundraisers to back minimum wage rise

Edit The Guardian 16 Apr 2016
Hillary Clinton detoured on Saturday from a weekend of big-money fundraising in California to pitch her plans to raise the federal minimum wage and refresh her criticism of rival Bernie Sanders in advance of Tuesday’s New York primary ... $7.25-an-hour federal base wage ... We need a living wage,” she told her audience at Southwest Los Angeles College....

New book tells Jackie's story through quotes (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Apr 2016
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). 'And Jackie Robinson was the first Negro ... to play Major League Baseball,' Peary said, continuing the recitation ... Robinson was a superb athlete, but the other major professional sports leagues were either also segregated or barely paid a living wage. Even the Negro Leagues offered a hardscrabble lifestyle at subsistence wages ... • 'A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.'....

New book tells Jackie's story through quotes

Edit MLB 16 Apr 2016
The fascination with Jackie Robinson started early for author Danny Peary. By the time he was 3 or 4 years old, he was already into baseball cards ... Robinson was a superb athlete, but the other major professional sports leagues were either also segregated or barely paid a living wage. Even the Negro Leagues offered a hardscrabble lifestyle at subsistence wages ... • "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."....

Anti-austerity protest brings 50,000 to the streets of London to demand David Cameron's resignation

Edit The Independent 16 Apr 2016
A protest calling on David Cameron to resign has brought more than 50,000 people onto the streets of London. The March for Health, Homes, Jobs and Education was organised by activist group the People's Assembly ... Ms Abbott said ... On jobs, they called for a universal living wage and the scrapping of the Trade Union Bill, and they also demanded an end to student tuition fees and "the marketisation of education". Trafalgar Sq ... They said....

Last licks on the 2016 NY presidential primary (Your letters)

Edit Syracuse 16 Apr 2016
There, he would also find the endorsement of over 170 economists, who say Bernie's plans to tax Wall Street, break up the Big Banks, and bring jobs and a living wage to the disappearing middle class, would bring sustained growth to the economy, rather than our current cycles of bubbles and busts....

Living Wage Statement (Nationwide Building Society)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
We are proud of the role we continue to play in championing fair pay and encouraging other businesses which can afford to do so to pay the Living Wage which is more than the Government's new Living Wage which was introduced in April ......

Stephen Jardine: A job that’s good for the soul not the pocket

Edit Scotsman 15 Apr 2016
THE NATIONAL living wage is good news for the hospitality sector, writes Stephen Jardine ... So this month's introduction of a National Living Wage is good news for them ... From free staff meals to live-in accommodation, perks helped make up for the low pay ... The living wage will hopefully keep more of them progressing down a career path in hospitality but that needs to be properly rewarded....

Low-wage workers stage demonstrations in Denver, throughout the country

Edit Denver Post 15 Apr 2016
Denver's janitors are kicking off a contract battle for higher wages ... The 25-year-old said Jimmy Johns pays him the state's minimum hourly wage, $8.31 ... He said with rents and home prices soaring, Denver is becoming a prohibitively expensive place to live.Demonstrators demanding an increase in the minimum wage to $15 dollars per hour during a march in the streets on Thursday in Chicago ... "A living wage is essential," he said....

TPPF statement on Dallas ISD's proposed minimum wage increase (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
'Dallas ISD faces a massive debt load of $4.2 billion and this 'living wage' proposal could grow that by spending at least $1.2 million more every year,' said Dr ... Paying someone a living wage is a noble goal, but it should come through merit-based increases.' ... http.//www.texaspolicy.com/press_release/detail/tppf-statement-on-dallas-isds-proposed-minimum-wage-increase....
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