Tag: wages
New Opinion From AG Mark Herring Says State Universities, Agencies Can...
From AG Mark Herring's office:
NEW OPINION FROM AG HERRING COULD HELP RAISE WAGES AND SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES IN VIRGINIA
~ Opinion says state universities and...
Key Findings of New Report, “FROM SHORTCHANGED TO EMPOWERED: A Pathway...
h/t to the Daily Press/Katherine Hafner of the Virginian-Pilot for picking up this story.
Over the past two decades in Virginia, rising child care costs...
It’s time for higher wages for working Virginians
Airport workers at Northern Virginia’s two major airports won a desperately needed pay increase earlier this week. After a two-year fight that included coordinated...
50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010
Johnson (Atlantic editor, not the economist) notes:
median pay took a nosedive after 2007, effectively wiping out all gains made in the previous eight years. The macro explanation is that the economy shrunk, and middle class jobs disappeared and were replaced with (or outlasted by) lower-paying positions that companies kept on.There are significant differences by industry.