Their protests notwithstanding, the truth is that raising the minimum wage is good for business. And it isn’t just the behemoths depicted above who benefit. The CEO of a popular fast food chain said this week that he was “stunned” to see profits soar each time California passed minimum wage
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Politics and its Discontents: Enlightened Leadership
Having just returned from Southern California, I have no intention of indulging myself in travel reminisces at the expense of my readers. I’ll only say that thanks to my son Matthew, it was one of the best experiences of my life. It also yielded some v…
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Social Determinants: $11 an hour simply not enough
As health care providers news of the increase in minimum wage is important – as we stated in 2013, poverty is the second leading cause of death in this country. While we have to applaud the government for finally promising … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Struggle For Dignity
All of us have a right to respect and dignity. Many of us do not receive it. Having been ‘educated’ in the Catholic system at a time when the application of both verbal and physical abuse was regarded as proper corrective methodology, I experienced many times in my younger life
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On The Struggle Of Minimum Wage Workers
We hear it all the time from those who slavishly and unconscionably parrot the corporate line: raising the minimum wage is a job-killer. While that rhetoric may serve the insatiable business appetite for greater and greater profits at the expense of vulnerable workers, it simply isn’t true. While I have
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Puncturing The Myth That Raising Minimum Wages Will Kill Jobs
The question of minimum wage has been very much a topic of discussion in alternative media of late, and I have written a few posts about the struggle. I am leading off today’s consideration of the issue with a well-considered letter from a Star reader, followed by a Real News
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: One Thing The Fast food Industry Refuses To ‘Super-Size’
“In both of my shops, I look around — There aren’t high schoolers,” ,,, “There are people with families, trying to raise families. And so the whole notion that this is for high schoolers or someone trying to buy their first car or college students trying to get a little
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