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U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds

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Majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage: research

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The Baumol effect

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Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for public school teachers

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The top 1% was the only group to see real wage gains from 2020 to 2021

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As unions decline, inequality rises

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Volatile pay for gig workers linked to health problems

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The cumulative advantage of a unionized career for lifetime earnings

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Managers with a business degree reduce employees' wages, do not increase profit

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More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude

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What workers want: raises that beat inflation

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Managers with MBAs are the best at taking money from workers and not much else [pdf]

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Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now

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The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion

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When McDonalds Came to Denmark

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When McDonalds Came to Denmark

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Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line with productivity

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The case for banning non-competes

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Labor shortage or terrible jobs?

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Trader Joe's, Dollar General And Others Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccines

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Why Markets Boomed in a Year of Human Misery

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Baumol Effect

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If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wage would be $24 an hour

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What harm do minimum wages do?

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The Most Counterintuitive Recession Ever

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Japan auto companies triple Mexican pay rather than move to US

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Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay

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For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests

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College-educated workers are taking over the American factory floor

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Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven't come true

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$15 minimum wage didn’t hurt NYC restaurants

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The Myth of the Wealthy Welder

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GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer

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Baumol Effect

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Rising US Inequality: How We Got Here, Where We're Going

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American life is improving for the lowest paid

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Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfair and Inefficient?

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New study shows grim outlook for future of Air Force pilot shortage

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US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973

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Wage Stagnation

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South Korea's program of higher wages and taxes – so far, it's not working

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Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to Occupational Licensing

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Send Noncompete Agreements Back to the Middle Ages

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Silicon Valley wages have dropped for non-tech jobs

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States should ban contracts barring employees from seeking higher pay at a rival

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What Minimum-Wage Foes Got Wrong About Seattle

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Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies (BEZOS) Act

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National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and prison conditions

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Everything Is Booming Except for Wages

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Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck

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Employers will do almost anything to find workers except pay them more

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Most Americans’ Wages Have Actually Declined Over the Past Year

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If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power

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Interview with Deliveroo couriers appealing bargaining-rights decision

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High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up for University

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Technology Change Not the Culprit in Wages Falling Behind US Productivity Gains

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Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

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Trade school, not 4-year college, is a better bet to solve the US income gap

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Why Wages Aren’t Growing

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It’s time to balance the power between workers and employers

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Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?

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A ‘very credible’ new study on Seattle’s $15 minimum wage has bad news

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Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine

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Unemployment in the U.S. Is Falling, So Why Isn’t Pay Rising?

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William Baumol, author of 'cost disease' theory, has died

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Uber contract 'gibberish', says British MP investigating gig economy

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Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job

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Seattle: Highest Minimum Wage, Lowest Unemployment Rate

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Ford moving all production of small cars from U.S. to Mexico

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NLRB rules graduate students are employees

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The short list of jobs with high and rising pay

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As Tech Evaporates Jobs, “The Tipping Point Will Be Driverless Trucks”

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Leaked documents show strong business support for raising the minimum wage

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Will minimum wage hikes lead to a huge boost in automation? Only if we're lucky

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There Is No Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts

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Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare Costs So Much

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As Demand for Welders Resurges, Community Colleges Offer Classes

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Unions and Airlines (2010)

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Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift minimum wage

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FedEx Overcharged Customers for Years, Sealed E-Mail Says

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Pay your employees more

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Why airlines tend to be unionized

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