Economy
How Will A Higher Minimum Wage Affect Brooklyn?
Gerard Flynn |
President Obama and Democrats in Albany want a higher minimum wage. Among Brooklyn’s low-wage workers, who will it help and how much?
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Mayoral Debate: How High Should the Minimum Wage Be?
Jarrett Murphy |
Is $11.50 an hour too high? Is $9 enough? The candidates react.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Half of Recovery Jobs Offer Low Wages. So Raise Them!
Michelle Holder |
‘It hurts the young. It helps too little. It boosts unemployment.’ There are plenty of myths about the minimum wage. The reality is, more and more workers are working at a pay rate that puts them in poverty.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Living Wage as Soviet Plot: Da or Nyet?
Jarrett Murphy |
We asked Soviet experts what they thought of the comparisons Mayor Bloomberg has been making between communist wage policy and a local living wage proposal.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Living Wage Supporters Seek Compromise
Jarrett Murphy |
Faced with criticism from opponents who say the bill would squash jobs, backers of a proposed “living wage” mandate in the City Council are now reportedly willing to make some concessions.”We’re trying to take into account some legitimate concerns,” Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell, who sponsored the legislation with Councilwoman Annabel Palma, told the Daily News. “What we want is something that’ll work and also something that will engender as little resistance as possible.”According to the article,
Bronx
Living Wage Law The Next Council Battleground?
Neil deMause |
Following the defeat of paid sick leave, unions and business group prepare to face off over tying wages to city development subsidies.
Bronx
Medical Mystery: Why A Booming Health Sector Pays Low Wages
Neil deMause |
Home health aides are seeing some of the best growth of any sector in New York. But the growing demand for their services hasn’t improved wages that leave many in or near poverty.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Group Picked for Living Wage Study Accused of Bias
Jarrett Murphy |
On Aug. 12, the city’s Economic Development Corporation announced its decision pay
Bronx
Report: Rents Everywhere Too High For The Low Wage
Eileen Markey |
Guess how many hours per week a Bronx minimum wage earner has to work to afford an apartment.
Economy
Union Unity Tested By Wage Fight
Ari Paul |
As the city studies the impact of “living wages,” it’s unclear whether wounds have healed from a split last fall between trade and service workers’ unions.
