California lawmakers, working in tandem with labor unions, struck a deal to raise the statewide minimum—at first, to $10.50, with gradual increases to $15. The deal allowed lawmakers to avoid bringing the wage increase issue to a ballot, a vote which polls suggest California voters would overwhelmingly support.
A Florida Wal-Mart worker shot up another employee's car after the other worker won employee of the month, investigators believe.
A movement of one-day strikes carried out across the country by low-wage fast-food workers is gaining steam, with strikers this week in St. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit and Flint adding their strength to previous walkouts in New York and Chicago. Today: Milwaukee.
Michael Raper, a 26-year-old employee of meat processing company Bar S, died this week after falling into a meat grinder. Is there a way that this story could be more horrible? Yes, yes there is:
Looking for a way to show your support for both pizza and the cause of Wisconsin unions, currently engaged in protests against the state's Republican Governor Scott Walker and his anti-union budget bill? Try calling Ian's, a "campus staple" pizza joint in Madison, which has given away thousands of slices of "donated"…
Offices have experienced a drastic reduction in per-worker size over the past few years. According to experts, we can blame this on two most blameworthy things: the recession, and the youngs.
Twenty-five workers at a labor camp in Goregaon, India, claim their penises have inexplicably begun shrinking and retracting into their bodies. The men have been treating the condition by sitting in ice-cold bathtubs. This might be the problem! (via)
This may come as a shock, but many people treat thin women better than heavier women. I know—it seems unbelievable! But it's not just that thin women are treated better—they also make more money. How much more?
A tipster sends this dramatic action photo of International Herald Tribune staffers protesting against their penurious overlord NYT Co. for "laying off people and forcing them to go to Hong Kong or quit." Solidaridad! Full internal protest email below!
