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Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

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NYC Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate

Claudia Irizarry Aponte, The City This article was originally published on Jun 11 4:13pm EDT by THE CITY App-based food delivery workers in New York City will earn $17.96 an hour before tips beginning July 12, an amount that takes…

THERE’S NO ‘LABOR SHORTAGE.’ THERE’S A WAGE SHORTAGE.

To find workers, there’s a free-enterprise solution right at employers’ fingertips: raise pay, improve conditions, and show respect. By Jim Hightower | June 9, 2021 This article first appeared in OtherWords. Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News At a recent…

EMPLOYERS: IF YOU WANT WORKERS, PAY A LIVING WAGE

It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.  By Rebekah Entralgo | May 12, 2021/OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small The sudden shift from “we love our essential workers” to “they’re…

END THE SUB-MINIMUM TIPPED WAGE

This Black History Month, we have a chance to end this relic of slavery — and raise wages for workers of every color. By Rebekah Entralgo | February 10, 2021/OtherWords.com Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News If it’s passed by…