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Target Raises Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour, Gives Free Virtual Doctor Visits
“In the best of times, our team brings incredible energy and empathy to our work, and in harder times they bring those qualities plus extraordinary resilience and agility to keep Target on the forefront of meeting the changing needs of our guests and our business year after year,” Brian
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Mozambique: Employers Want Continued Wage Freeze
[AIM] Maputo -- The Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA) on Wednesday said there should be no rise in the minimum wages, because of the negative consequences of the restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
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Cutting work hours not to be tolerated - Barbados Today
Security firms across the country are once again under scrutiny for allegedly attempting to deny employees the full benefit of the new minimum wage order by slashing their hours indiscriminately. In an interview with Barbados TODAY, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan
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Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908-1972)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., preacher, civil rights activist, and national politician, was born to Mattie and Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 29, 1908.  Young Powell grew up in New York City, New York since his father, a Baptist preacher, became pastor of the historic
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Domestic workers have always been on the frontlines, COVID-19 just made it clear
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COVID-19: SA adds more than 17 000 new cases, positivity rate now 24.9%
Gauteng recorded 62% of the new COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa on Wednesday. The NICD warns that the province’s daily case numbers are exceeding the previous waves.
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Ginger pot pudding - The perfect warm dessert for a cold day
When you can feel the cold in your bones, there is only one solution. This ginger pot pudding is the perfect dessert that will quickly warm you up.
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California freelancer reforms under the microscope
“California is radioactive,” said Karen Anderson, founder of the Facebook group “Freelancers Against AB5,” a protest group aiming to repeal a state law classifying most California freelancers as employees in order to guarantee certain job
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Scott, Robert “Bobby” (1947- )
Congressman Robert Cortez “Bobby” Scott was born on April 30, 1947 in Washington, D.C. but later resided in Newport News, Virginia.  Scott attended Harvard University and later graduated from the Boston College School of
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UK’s lowest-paid workers benefit from increase National Minimum Wage - African Voice Newspaper
Millions of workers in all parts of the UK will receive a pay increase from on April 1, as the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage uplift comes into effect. The rate rises include a 2.2% increase in the National Living Wage to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 extra per year for
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The Freedom Charter Called for Equality in South Africa
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Walter E. Williams, Black Voice of Libertarian Economics, dead at 84 | Chicago Defender
Walter E. Williams, a prominent African American economist, scholar, professor and syndicated columnist, died Dec. 2 after teaching a class at George Mason University, where he was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics. Considered by his admirers to be a voice of economic
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MALVEAUX: When Will Workers Get a Break?
Now that the impeachment trial of the 45th president is over, perhaps our legislators can turn their attention to working people — or, more accurately, those who used to work and are not now working. The post MALVEAUX: When Will Workers Get a Break? appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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It’s Time For McDonald’s To Pay Black Employees A Living Wage - Blavity
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Inmates seized Attica State Correctional Facility
Inmates seized Attica State Correctional Facility (N.Y.) and held several guards hostage. They issued a list of demands which included coverage by the state minimum wage law, better food and no reprisals.
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Swallows extend the stay of former Orlando Pirates legend
Swallows FC have extended the contract of former Orlando Pirates left-back Thabo Matlaba by a further two years.
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#Election2020: AFL-CIO formally endorses Ossoff for U.S. Senate | The Atlanta Voice
Wednesday, the Georgia chapter of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations announced its endorsement of the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Jon Ossoff in his bid to unseat incumbent, Republican David Perdue. Currently, Perdue is leading by an average of 4 points
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Rideshare and Delivery Workers Deemed Essential but Companies Insist They are Not Employees. | Post News Group
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The Child Care Industry Is About To Collapse. There’s No Bailout Coming.
Operating a child care center was never a big money-maker in the best of times, but running one during a pandemic is basically like taking a bunch of money and setting it on
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Sudan: Historic Salary Hike Sees Prices Soar
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When Will Workers Get a Break? - Houston Forward Times
Now that the impeachment trial of the 45th President is over, perhaps our legislators can… The post When Will Workers Get a Break? appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Heroes of the Pandemic.
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Charles Booker Suddenly Has Progressives Excited About Kentucky
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Biden's $15 wage proposal: Job killer or a boon for workers? - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… Institute estimates that 31% of African Americans and 26% of Latinos would …
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Mayor Garcetti Announces Major Steps to Promote Racial Equity in Los Angeles
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Target Raises Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour, Gives Free Virtual Doctor Visits
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