Have you ever used Uber to get to a destined location? What is Uber? If you don’t already know, Uber was created as part of the sharing economy. Drivers sign up with the company to provide taxi-like services, using their own vehicles, to customers looking for rides. Uber has been in labor disputes and recently...
Target in the News
Target is in the news again, firstly for increasing its minimum wage to $10.00 an hour and Secondly, to stand up against recent state legislatures concerning transgender use of bathrooms. Recently, the governor of North Carolina signed a bill that would force individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex listed on their...
EQUAL PAY
3 days ago, April 12, 2016 – the non-holiday “Equal Pay Day” was commemorated with protests, twitter storms and sassy 21% off discounts to compensate for the fact that on average, women make $0.79 for every dollar men make. Minority women have a significantly higher pay gap, so if you are Latina, your Equal Pay...
Fighting Wage Inequality
I would like to briefly discuss findings that were outlined in a study by the Economic Innovation Group, a new nonprofit research and advocacy organization in the New York Times recently. Their findings depict that of a polarized look into the nation’s growing inequality. For example, from 2010 to 2013, employment in the most prosperous...
Mississippi’s Controversial Religious Freedom Bill
Currently popular are the so-called religious freedom bills– statewide proposals that ensure that individuals and businesses may operate in keeping with their faith. The bill is called the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.” Supporters call it a bill that protects religious freedom, while critics say it gives sanction to open discrimination against...