For Immediate Release Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 Contact: Kathy Mulady Communications director (206) 992-8787 kathy@allianceforajustsociety.org Jobs After Jail: Ending the Prison to Poverty Pipeline State regulations bar formerly incarcerated workers from good jobs and a chance at stability Each year an average of 630,000 people are released from state and federal prisons – for many,Continue reading “Jobs After Jail: Ending the Prison to Poverty Pipeline”
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“Patchwork of Paychecks” Not Enough Jobs to Go Around
For Immediate Release Dec. 8, 2015 Contact: Kathy Mulady Communications director kathy@allianceforajustsociety.org (206) 992-8787 Patchwork of Paychecks Only half of all job openings pay $15 an hour or more It’s easy to tell a low-wage worker to “go get a better-paying job,” but the reality is there are nowhere near enough jobs that pay aContinue reading ““Patchwork of Paychecks” Not Enough Jobs to Go Around”
More Low Paying Jobs Means Families Continue to Struggle
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Employment Situation Summary, commonly known as the “jobs report,” for May. While many news outlets had headlines lauding May’s jobs numbers, at least some are beginning to come around to a fact that we have been stating for months: too many of these new jobs are inContinue reading “More Low Paying Jobs Means Families Continue to Struggle”
Working Families Need Good Jobs – Not Just Any Job
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its January jobs report, showing that 257,000 jobs were added last month. Increasing jobs is great news, but only if those jobs allow workers and their families to make ends meet. The numbers have been praised, especially the average hourly wages that “soared 12 cents” to $24.75. While wages didContinue reading “Working Families Need Good Jobs – Not Just Any Job”
Low-Wage Job Growth a Major Factor in Income Inequality. Patience is Not the Answer.
In response to the New York Times’ Jan. 27 Upshot piece, “Gains From Economic Recovery Still Limited to Top One Percent,” we appreciate the effort to report on the historic, staggering and blatant income inequality that has taken hold of America. This piece made some excellent points around the continuing inequality crisis. However, we have an answerContinue reading “Low-Wage Job Growth a Major Factor in Income Inequality. Patience is Not the Answer.”
A Full-Time Job Should Lead to Financial Stability, Not to Poverty
WASHINGTON – Half of all new jobs nationwide don’t pay enough for a full-time worker to live on – much less a single parent with a child. And there are long lines of job-seekers for the few jobs that do pay a living wage. “Low Wage Nation,” released today, is the newest report in the Job GapContinue reading “A Full-Time Job Should Lead to Financial Stability, Not to Poverty”
“A Full-Time Job Should Lead to Financial Stability, Not to Poverty”
For Immediate Release January 27, 2015 “A Full-Time Job Should Lead to Financial Stability, Not to Poverty” Most of America’s job growth is taking place in low-wage occupations WASHINGTON – Half of all new jobs nationwide don’t pay enough for a full-time worker to live on – much less a single parent with a child.Continue reading ““A Full-Time Job Should Lead to Financial Stability, Not to Poverty””
Critics Overstate Job Loss in CBO Report; Living Wage Lifts Families from Poverty
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on the estimated effects of increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 and indexing it to inflation by 2016. Opponents of the increase have jumped on the report’s (questionable) conclusion that it would cost jobs, while many in favor of increasing the minimum wage have focused on theContinue reading “Critics Overstate Job Loss in CBO Report; Living Wage Lifts Families from Poverty”
Get Real on Job Growth and Expand Medicaid
A new op-ed in the Bangor Daily News, written by Maine People’s Alliance executive director Jesse Graham and Alliance for a Just Society executive director LeeAnn Hall, lays out how the Maine legislature could build more and better jobs simply by accepting federal funds for Medicaid expansion. By Jesse Graham and LeeAnn Hall Special toContinue reading “Get Real on Job Growth and Expand Medicaid”
Economic Growth Stalled by Wage Gaps
Last week, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve System, shared increasing concern over the nations’ wealth gap. Reports by the Huffington post relay, “In my view, the large and increasing amount of inequality in income and wealth, which has been an ongoing development for decades, may have exacerbated the crisis.”