worker exploitation
Worker Rights Face Attacks from Many Directions
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Even as worker activism through movements such as the Fight for $15 and #RedforEd is rising, US workers also have to fend off attacks to further restrict labor rights.
Fight for $15
$15 Wage Catches On in Ohio’s Hospitals but not Home Care
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Even as some of the state’s largest health systems move to a minimum wage of $15/hour, the state is raising the minimum for home health care workers where the turnover rate is an appalling 60 percent to only $12.38. What do lawmakers not get about workforce dynamics?
living wage
Wise Nonprofit Vows a Livable Wage Floor for Direct Care Workers
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EveryStep, an Iowa nonprofit providing direct care to vulnerable people, shows leadership and wisdom, declaring it will no longer pay less than a livable wage to its dedicated workforce.
workers rights
Setting a “Good Jobs” Floor Should Be the Business of Every Nonprofit
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The Raise the Wage Act and the federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights are platforms for the Democratic Party without any path to becoming law. But they do go a long way in defining the meaning of a “good job” in 21st-century America.
Fight for $15
New Jersey to Raise State Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour by 2024
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This week, New Jersey became the fourth state to raise its minimum wage to $15. The bill isn’t perfect, but it’s a big step in wage justice for hourly workers and its success is the result of smart campaigning by advocacy groups.
Stakeholder Engagement
A Tale of Two Economies: Sears at Mid-Century versus Amazon Today
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Sears’s bankruptcy earlier this month was hardly surprising. But Sears once was nearly as dominant in retailing as Amazon is now—although its success came from a very different model.
home health care
Home Health Workers and Nonprofits in SF Get Their Raise
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In San Francisco, where the cost of living is out of sight, there is an immediate need to address nonprofit and home health care worker salary levels—as the board of supervisors and mayor have just done. But, in the end, the city may prove too expensive to host the nonprofits it needs.
workplace giving
Groundbreaking NYC Law Facilitates Workplace Donations to Wage Justice Nonprofits
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In New York City, restaurants are now required to pass voluntary donations from their workers to nonprofits that are supporting them. As cities seek to empower workers in a transformed economy, this new labor model is likely to spread.
Nonprofit News
A Minimum Wage Rollback Looms—Where is the Nonprofit Employer’s Voice?
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As states and municipalities clash over the minimum wage, workers suffer and nonprofits remain largely silent.
contract workers
Trending Worker Rights and the Nonprofit Response
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A flurry of workers’ rights bills at the state level are considered even as a void opens up federally.