Tag Archives: Living wage

Revolt and retrogression at home

Posted on May 6, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2014-2015: From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy. II. Revolt and retrogression at home. A. Women under attack. B. Many dimensions of revolt Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged abortion access, Affordable Care Act, African Americans, birth control, Charles Murray, Chicago, clinic escorts, Coming out of the Shadows, Contraception, criminal injustice system, domestic violence, feminism, Florida, food stamps, Health care, immigrant workers, International Women's Day, Kyle Tasker, labor, Living wage, low-wage workers, Marissa Alexander, Medicaid, Minimum wage, Moral Mondays, Paul Ryan, poverty, prison industrial complex, prisoners, racism, sexism, South Carolina, Truthful Tuesdays, undocumented workers, United States, women's liberation | 1 Comment

Capitalist economy is failing

Posted on March 15, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Ongoing national strikes and demonstrations by fast food workers demanding a $15 an hour living wage show that workers’ reality is not the media-touted economic “recovery” enjoyed by the super-wealthy finance capitalists. In real life the 2008 depression drags on. In a punitive move, Congressional Republicans wouldn’t even allow a vote for long-term unemployment benefits to continue, in spite of the record 1.7 million, or 37% of the officially unemployed, who have been out of work for six months or longer. Previously, a rate anywhere near this was called an emergency, compelling an automatic extension of benefits. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged alienated labor, Arab spring, automation, Bangladesh, Barack Obama, Capital accumulation, capitalism, China, economic inequality, fast food workers, food stamps, labor, liquidity trap, Living wage, low-wage workers, Minimum wage, Oxfam International, robots, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Unemployment, United States, World Economic Forum | Leave a comment

‘We can’t survive on $7.25’

Posted on February 20, 2014 by franklindmitryev

NY rally demands $15 minimum wage, fast-food workers’ right to organize a union without fear of being fired. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged AFSCME DC 37, Bill de Blasio, City University of New York, education, fast food workers, gentrification, grocery store workers, labor, labor unions, Living wage, Michael Bloomberg, Minimum wage, New York, Retail workers, teachers | Leave a comment

Prison privatization is a crime

Posted on February 13, 2014 by franklindmitryev

On Dec. 1, Aramark Correctional Services will begin running Food Service for the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), creating another sector of low-wage workers in Michigan. In a state struggling with a high unemployment rate and flooded with low-wage dead-end jobs, 60,000 in the fast-food sector in the metro Detroit area alone, why would the state government choose to add to these statistics? Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Aramark Correctional Services, CMS, Corizon Inc., Correctional Medical Services Inc., criminal injustice system, fast food workers, healthcare, Jennifer Granholm, Keefe Commissary Network, Living wage, low-wage workers, MDOC, Michael McCabe, Michigan Department of Corrections, Oakland County Jail, PHS, Prison Health Services Inc., prison industrial complex, Prison Legal News, prisoners, privatization | Leave a comment

Lift campus wages!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the new issue of NEWS & LETTERS, May-June 2011: Lift campus wages! Memphis, Tenn.–On April 8, over 75 students, faculty, and staff members of the University of Memphis came out in support of a living wage for campus workers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Colleges and Universities, education, faculty, labor, Laborer, Living wage, students, teachers, United States, University of Memphis, Wage, workers | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Living wage

Revolt and retrogression at home

Capitalist economy is failing

‘We can’t survive on $7.25’

Prison privatization is a crime

Lift campus wages!

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