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Fact of the Week: Half of Low-Wage Workers Don’t Have a Single Paid Day Off
Lecia Imbery,
February 20, 2015
Almost half of workers in the lowest 25 percent of wage earners have no paid time off at all – not a single paid sick day, personal day, or vacation day, and no paid family or medical leave. For the lowest 10 percent of wage earners, the situation gets worse:...
Head Smacker: House Spends Billions on Business Tax Breaks, Leaves out Low-Income People
Lecia Imbery,
February 19, 2015
Last week was a big week for corporate tax breaks in the House of Representatives. Between Thursday and Friday, the full House passed a series of tax breaks for businesses at a cost of more than $93 billion over 10 years. The bills would make these breaks permanent parts of...
Do you realize how much your restaurant server needs your tip?
Andrew Yarrow,
February 18, 2015
The shame of the $2.13 tipped minimum wage in the U.S. “There’s nothing worse than working a full-time job serving people food and going hungry yourself. Servers should be able to afford to put a roof over our heads, feed ourselves and our families and live our lives without fear...
Fact of the Week: Share of Jobless Workers Receiving Unemployment Insurance at Record Low
Lecia Imbery,
February 12, 2015
“There are a lot of people truly hurting… This isn’t just affecting individuals, but families, too…. You go from providing for yourself and your family and then, through no fault of your own, you can’t anymore. You send in application after application after application and sometimes you hear back but sometimes...
Human Needs Report: President’s FY16 Budget Request Paves Road for Needed Investments
Joanna Sandager,
February 10, 2015
This week the Coalition on Human Needs released a special edition of the Human Needs Report analyzing the President’s FY2016 budget request. The report provides an overview of the White House budget with sections on taxes, revenues, and select departmental funding that most directly impact low-income and other disadvantaged populations. The...
