- The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed—"America is now dotted with “temp towns” – places where it’s difficult to find blue-collar work except through a temp agency and where workers often suffer lost wages, no benefits and high injury rates."
- On-call shifts: The latest corporate shame—"[T]askmasters-in-suits have now redefined the term "hired" to mean that you're tethered to a corporation full-time, but you actually work and get paid for only the few hours a week when the boss calls."
- No, manufacturing jobs won’t revive the economy—"Stop claiming a factory boom will save the country and lift people up. Here's what these jobs really look like." Salon
- The Roberts Court on labor rights: be afraid. Be very afraid.—"[W]hile Justice Roberts and company were busy shredding the Voting Rights Act, they decided to trash the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act while they were at it. Title VII is the provision of the Act that prohibits employment discrimination."
- Greg Kaufmann on the Truth About American Poverty—"People are working and they're not getting paid enough to feed their families, pay their utilities, pay for their housing, pay for the healthcare… if you're not paying people enough to pay for the basics, they’re going to need help getting food."
- More Evidence That US Middle Class is Sliding Toward the Third World
- The 4 A.M. Army—"Every morning, hundreds of thousands of workers show up for jobs that are unseen, uncertain and underpaid—and vital to the U.S. economy."
- Employers Still Dodging Minimum Wage Law 75 Years After Its Passage
- Fast-Food Workers Denounce Wage Theft 'Crime Wave' At New York City Hearing
- Paid via Card, Workers Feel Sting of Fees—"For many hourly workers, paper paychecks have been replaced by prepaid cards, which often involve fees that can quickly add up and take a bite out of their pay." NYT
- Forced to Work Sick? That's Fine With Disney, Red Lobster, and Their Friends at ALEC—"America's one of the only industrialized nations that doesn't mandate paid sick leave. These guys want to keep it that way."
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott Preemptively Blocks Paid Sick Leave—"If a worker or their child is sick, should they really be forced to choose between their health and their paycheck?"
- City Council overrides Mayor Bloomberg's veto of paid-sick leave bill in early morning session
- Krugman: War on the Unemployed NYT
- North Carolina Dropped From Federal Unemployment Program
- Tennessee ends $40 million in child allowances for unemployed
- World Bank Insider Blows Whistle on Corruption, Federal Reserve
- Inside Anglo: the secret recordings—"Exclusive: Tapes reveal the lies and deception that led to the bank bailout."
- Where Are the Libor Cases Against U.S. Banks?—"It would look awfully strange if the U.S. government wound up targeting only foreign banks as part of its investigation into the manipulation of the London interbank offered rate."
- EU forges bank bailout deal to protect taxpayers—"Negotiations end in agreement on who should bear the brunt of losses caused by banking failure." Unfortunately, it will probably get ignored.
- It's Official: Bank of America Has the Worst Reputation in the Banking Industry
- New Bank of America whistle-blower emerges: More customer abuse secrets—"Bank of America whistle-blower details latest scheme to abuse homeowners, evade settlement rules and pocket cash." Salon
- He chalks the line: City Attorney prosecutes man for writing anti-bank slogans in water soluble chalk—So much easier to go after the little guy. Update: He was found not guilty.
- Bank of America suit under scrutiny of settlement watchdog
- What's more important: a college degree or being born rich?—In related news, student loan rates double today, making it even harder for debts to be repaid.
- Chilean nanny to sue NY socialite family claiming she was a virtual slave
- Malibu homeowners who hide access to beautiful beaches foiled by $30K Kickstarter campaign
