The Canadian women’s hockey team can only watch and wait to see if they’ll play chief rival United States in the world championship on American ice. The U.S. women declared Wednesday they’ll boycott the world championship starting March 31 in Plymouth, Mich., unless progress is made settling a wage dispute with USA Hockey. American players […]
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Tesla employee writes of low wages, poor morale; company denies claims
Tesla Factory in Fremont, California. (credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pestoverde/8763130149/) In a Medium post published today, Tesla employee Jose Moran detailed working conditions at the company’s Fremont factory and called for the factory workers to unionize with United Auto Workers (UAW). Tesla currently employs more than 5,000 non-union workers at its Fremont, CA-based factory. Moran wrote that the […]
Here’s how American workers’ wages have changed since 1960
When we talk about the money that the “average” American worker makes, we are usually referencing a “median” or “mean” income statistic. While this number can be useful in many different contexts, it can also be extremely limiting. The reality is that there’s a very wide range of incomes out there, even within a particular […]
Uber will shell out $20M to settle claims it misled drivers over wages
Uber has agreed to pay $ 20 million over claims made by the Federal Trade Commission that it recruited drivers with false information about how much they could earn in the job. The post Uber will shell out $ 20M to settle claims it misled drivers over wages appeared first on Digital Trends. Cars–Digital Trends