Labor

Video Portraits: Life At Minimum Wage

Video Portraits: Life At Minimum Wage

Bloomberg Businessweek asked low-income workers around the United States to describe their jobs, aspirations and fears. These working Americans have the most at stake in the debate over whether to hike the federal minimum wage to $10.10. You can watch the clip below. Video Portraits: Life At Minimum Wage

The Top Five Most In-Demand Jobs

The Top Five Most In-Demand Jobs

Competition for jobs is high in general, but a senior data scientist with Bright.com compiled a list of  five of the most in-demand jobs in the United States. The list below was compiled by Bright.com by going through over 70 million job postings in the United States.  For the record, Boston scored the highest for […]

McFail: McDonald’s Holiday Advice – Use Stale Bread, Return Purchases

McFail: McDonald’s Holiday Advice – Use Stale Bread, Return Purchases

The labor advocacy group Low Pay Is Not OK is targeting McDonald’s for their online employee website, McResource, which advises employees to “consider returning unopened purchases” or to try “Selling some of your unwanted possessions” to pay off holiday debt. A screenshot if the McResource Line website published by Low Pay Is Not OK reads: […]