2015/04/21 – Mississippi’s jobless rate dipped in March for the third month in a row, although employer payrolls shrank. The unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent, down from 7 percent in February and 7.8 percent in March 2014. The number of …..
2015/04/17 – An argument for why the movement to raise the minimum wage is critical, especially for the large numbers of low-wage black and brown workers who are living near the poverty line. Almost two years ago, McDonald’s worker Nancy Salgado …..
2015/04/16 – Mississippi residents converged on Jackson this month to push for a $15 minimum hourly wage and union representation for fast-food and other low-wage workers. The movement arrived on the heels of McDonald’s executives announcing a pay increase for workers …..
How our transportation system discriminates against the most vulnerable. 2015/3/2-At the easternmost edge of Lake Erie, where the lake meets the Niagara River, the Peace Bridge connects the United States and Canada. The two-thirds-of-a-mile-long bridge is one of the busiest …..
