U.S. poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s Associated Press ...Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families to the poorest poor. More discouraged workers are giving up on the job market, leaving them vulnerable as unemployment aid begins to run out...
The Minimum Wage Is So Low That It's Immoral - and Foolish Huffington Post ...Staples, like Wal-Mart and most other corporations on the low-wage list, doesn't really "create" jobs. Smaller enterprises of all kinds are crowded out by the unchecked growth of mega-corporations, which often use their volume to undercut the locals on price until they're driven out of business. Then they raise them again...
Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid Reuters ...Several hundred people journeyed on foot from the southern region of Andalucia, which has one of the worst unemployment rates in Spain, and from northern Catalonia and other areas in an attempt to highlight the plight of the unemployed in recession-hit Spain, where almost one in four is without a job...
Center of TB outbreak often cited, rarely punished The Palm Beach Post ...Golden Retreat Shelter Care, the Jacksonville assisted-living home that spawned the largest tuberculosis outbreak in recent American history, packed residents into cramped, dirty rooms and failed to keep adequate track of tenants’ health. Yet the state regulators who chronicled problems at the home have allowed it to operate largely unchecked for the past decade, records show...
Will Americans For Prosperity Be Forced To Reveal Its Donors? TalkingPointsMemo ...In a complaint filed Thursday, the Nevada Democratic Party asked Secretary of State Ross Miller to investigate whether the nonprofit organization must report the contributions it received to fund mailers attacking state Senate candidate Kelvin Atkinson, a Democratic assemblyman from North Las Vegas...
Teamsters, craft unions ratify contract Variety ...Deal was ratified Sunday at a meeting in Burbank with 86% support, according to Teamster attorney Joseph Kaplon...
