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If a professional sports team like the Los Angeles Dodgers can’t make money selling $15 cheese burgers to a captive audience with minimum wage employees…Read more
Why aren’t there more American Cruise Ships you ask? The short answer is that it costs a lot, because it must conform to United States…Read more
So the big strike that everyone is waiting for with the UAW hasn’t happened yet. However a group of workers that are employed through Aramark…Read more
For six years the internet group Fight for Fifteen has been organizing fast food employees to go on strike in an effort to get $15…Read more
More artistic fields like photographers, actors, and marketing require more of a portfolio over a traditional resume. This is a prime example of creating a…Read more
In one of the countries most confusing labor laws; today marks Michigan’s effective minimum wage pay to $9.45 per hour up from $9.25 for non-tipped…Read more
We haven’t posted a round up post of the general health of the labor market in quite some time. Partly because mass layoffs dramatically slowed…Read more
The local Detroit based news media as was some national media was eating up the announcement that General Motors CEO Mary Barra (the axe-woman) made…Read more
Now that the Federal Government Shutdown has been closed for a record-breaking 30 days (as of 1/21/19) at this time businesses are starting to plan…Read more
Employers are being forced to increase worker productivity or pay them more money as often mandated by minimum wage laws for low skill work, or…Read more