minimum wage
Big Gains on Minimum Wage in 2018
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In 2019, 20 states and 21 cities will be raising their minimum wages, directly bumping up the wages of 5.3 million workers and indirectly benefiting more.
minimum wage
A Wage Justice Strategy: Will Sanders Bill Lead Walmart to Raise Its Base Pay?
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Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced into Congress the “Stop Walmart” Act. Just one month earlier, the Senator’s “Stop Bezos” bill pushed Amazon to raise its wage floor to $15 an hour.
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.
elder care
San Francisco May Offer Wage Bump to Eldercare Workers on the Brink
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The San Francisco board of supervisors sees an eldercare crisis headed right at the city and they are not alone.
minimum wage
NY Airports Approve Plan to Step Up Minimum Wage To $19 an Hour by 2023
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Under a new policy approved unanimously this week by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as many as 40,000 workers at New York City airports will earn a $19 hourly wage by 2023.
Board Governance
Nebraska AG: Board Members Convinced Goodwill CEO was Best in Class Even as Red Flags Waved
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The board met monthly over lunch, but so much power was vested in the CEO and a strong executive committee that the board believed that the CEO was one of the “best in the country” even as most indicators showed declining impact.
Nonprofit News
Connecticut Legislature Votes to Boost Wages for Direct Care Workers
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A strike by direct care workers was narrowly averted as the Connecticut passed legislation to increase pay rates for caregivers, many of which work for nonprofits that themselves supported the strike.
sheltered workshops
Will Subminimum Wages for the Disabled Finally End?
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Are we approaching the end of sheltered workshops and unfair pay for persons with disabilities?
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.
job training
Walmart’s “Company Store” a Bad Deal for Workers
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As companies like Walmart replace manufacturing jobs with lower wage service jobs, workers struggle to maintain their standard of living and labor activists call for higher wages. Walmart is responding with training for promotions both inside and outside the store, but does this solve the problem?