California Fast-Food Workers Will Get a Raise, But It’s Not as Good as It Sounds
California fast-food workers at big chains like McDonalds will get a raise to $20/hour starting April 1, 2024. The raise is part of a new law signed by Governor Newsom on September 28. This new law replaces an earlier fast-food law passed last year which would have immediately raised fast-food workers’ wages to $22/hour. The […]
336,000 New Jobs in September? Unemployment rate 3.4%? The Dismal Truth behind the Happy Headlines
The September jobs report from the U.S. government said that 336,000 new jobs were created last month, and that the official unemployment rate was steady at 3.4%. The job growth number was substantially higher than what economists had projected. However, as more details come out, these numbers don’t look so good for working people. 45% […]
NJ Nursing Home Shutdown: Profits vs. the Elderly
On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, Princeton Care Center, a for-profit nursing home in Princeton, New Jersey, notified its 72 elderly residents that they were closing, and that the building would need to be vacated within 12 hours! For months, the owners of the Princeton Care Center had had trouble paying rent. The facility […]
Palestinian Child Murdered in the U.S.
A landlord murdered a 6-year-old Palestinian child, Wadea Al-Fayoume, by stabbing him 26 times on October 16. Wadea’s mother, Hanaan Shahin, was stabbed 12 times and critically injured, although she is expected to survive her wounds. The landlord who committed this brutal and vicious murder did so because Wadea and Shahin were Palestinian and Muslim. […]