Essay: Workers deserve a living wage, not just a minimum wage
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the current minimum wage in the US doesn’t come close to meeting requirements of a “living wage”…
Bangladesh unions say ‘downgraded’ garment workers miss expected pay rise
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladesh’s union leaders said on Tuesday that some garment factories were assigning long-standing workers lower salary grades than they deserved to reduce the impact of a pay rise, after a week of violent protests in which one person was killed. The government and factory owners said they were unaware of the […]