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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/extreme-heat-india-outdoor-workers-poverty

#Capitalism #heatstress #India #workingpoor

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/extreme-heat-india-outdoor-workers-poverty

#Capitalism #heatstress #India #workingpoor

But it’s legal to rip-off a million or two
That comes from the labour that other folk do;
To plunder the many on behalf of the few
Is a thing that is perfectly legal.
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger (1977) *

(Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour.” )

https://theconversation.com/australian-companies-to-face-fines-and-criminal-action-if-they-fail-to-prevent-modern-slavery-287667

* Audio of Legal/illegal song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbjZDtR2e0&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD

#Capitalism #exploitation #minimumwage #slavery #workingpoor

But it’s legal to rip-off a million or two
That comes from the labour that other folk do;
To plunder the many on behalf of the few
Is a thing that is perfectly legal.
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger (1977) *

(Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour.” )

https://theconversation.com/australian-companies-to-face-fines-and-criminal-action-if-they-fail-to-prevent-modern-slavery-287667

* Audio of Legal/illegal song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbjZDtR2e0&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD

#Capitalism #exploitation #minimumwage #slavery #workingpoor

Australia's highest-paid executive collected almost $48 million in the 2025 financial year / about 500 TIMES the full-time average wage.
The average ASX100 CEO earned about 55 TIMES more than the average wage earner in FY2025.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/australia-highest-paid-chief-executives-salaries-asx-acsi/106915088

For workers not so much: $50K per year
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages

#Capitalism #minimumwage #richpeoplesyachtmoney #workingpoor

Australia's highest-paid executive collected almost $48 million in the 2025 financial year / about 500 TIMES the full-time average wage.
The average ASX100 CEO earned about 55 TIMES more than the average wage earner in FY2025.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/australia-highest-paid-chief-executives-salaries-asx-acsi/106915088

For workers not so much: $50K per year
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages

#Capitalism #minimumwage #richpeoplesyachtmoney #workingpoor

From Keelin Fisher: “Nearly 17% of New Mexico households were living below the federal poverty level in 2024, according to the report. The remaining 26%, defined as ALICE, made more than the federal poverty level — about $31,200 annually — but not enough to afford basic needs.”

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/more-than-40-of-new-mexico-households-cant-afford-basic-living-costs-report-finds/3075464

#newmexico #economy #workingclass #WorkingPoor #poverty

From Keelin Fisher: “Nearly 17% of New Mexico households were living below the federal poverty level in 2024, according to the report. The remaining 26%, defined as ALICE, made more than the federal poverty level — about $31,200 annually — but not enough to afford basic needs.”

https://www.abqjournal.com/business/more-than-40-of-new-mexico-households-cant-afford-basic-living-costs-report-finds/3075464

#newmexico #economy #workingclass #WorkingPoor #poverty

$2.13 sub-minimumwage since 1991 https://cepr.net/publications/the-2-13-subminimum-wage-when-is-enough-enough/

Note: 2009, Congress increased Federal #minimumwage to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. It has not been increased since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States

(51 State’s Minimum wage rates )
https://stateandfederalposter.com/pages/2026-state-minimum-wage-rates?

#Capitalism #minimumwage #workingpoor

$2.13 sub-minimumwage since 1991 https://cepr.net/publications/the-2-13-subminimum-wage-when-is-enough-enough/

Note: 2009, Congress increased Federal #minimumwage to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. It has not been increased since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States

(51 State’s Minimum wage rates )
https://stateandfederalposter.com/pages/2026-state-minimum-wage-rates?

#Capitalism #minimumwage #workingpoor

Capos are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/12/big-tech-built-a-gig-economy-that-works-against-us/

How low can you go go go ? (Capo Limbo)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/employers-are-using-your-personal-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept-c2b968fb?

#Capitalism #exploitation #gigeconomy #minimumwage #surveillance #workingpoor

Capos are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/12/big-tech-built-a-gig-economy-that-works-against-us/

How low can you go go go ? (Capo Limbo)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/employers-are-using-your-personal-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept-c2b968fb?

#Capitalism #exploitation #gigeconomy #minimumwage #surveillance #workingpoor

Working Families Party

Is this American political party the answer?

https://davevolek.medium.com/working-families-party-b246ed99087c?sk=8ca584397eb2fd3464a3be18c8acd98e

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#workingfamiliesparty #workingfamilies #workingpoor

Working Families Party

Is this American political party the answer?

https://davevolek.medium.com/working-families-party-b246ed99087c?sk=8ca584397eb2fd3464a3be18c8acd98e

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#workingfamiliesparty #workingfamilies #workingpoor

20 richest Capitalists now hoard more stolen wealth … while the bottom 3 million #workingpoor households struggle to put food on the table.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/02/australian-billionaires-richer-than-last-year

(Note 2025 National #MinimumWage was $24.95 per hour or $948 per week)
10am Tuesday June 2026 … Per hour ?
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/workplace-laws/annual-wage-review/annual-wage-review-2026

#Capitalism #RichPeoplesYachtMoney

20 richest Capitalists now hoard more stolen wealth … while the bottom 3 million #workingpoor households struggle to put food on the table.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/02/australian-billionaires-richer-than-last-year

(Note 2025 National #MinimumWage was $24.95 per hour or $948 per week)
10am Tuesday June 2026 … Per hour ?
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/workplace-laws/annual-wage-review/annual-wage-review-2026

#Capitalism #RichPeoplesYachtMoney

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon capitalists benefitted billions $ from Trump’s tax cuts while their wage-slaves struggle to buy food.

https://truthout.org/articles/oregon-employers-with-most-snap-recipients-included-safeway-walmart-and-amazon/

#Capitalism #minimumwage #Oregon #SNAP #workingpoor

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon capitalists benefitted billions $ from Trump’s tax cuts while their wage-slaves struggle to buy food.

https://truthout.org/articles/oregon-employers-with-most-snap-recipients-included-safeway-walmart-and-amazon/

#Capitalism #minimumwage #Oregon #SNAP #workingpoor

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie-et-social/290526/pierre-madec-economiste-le-taux-d-emploi-fortement-progresse-et-pourtant-la-pauvrete-continue #Pauvreté #Travail #Inflation #WorkingPoor

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie-et-social/290526/pierre-madec-economiste-le-taux-d-emploi-fortement-progresse-et-pourtant-la-pauvrete-continue #Pauvreté #Travail #Inflation #WorkingPoor

How Retail Work Shaped a New Masculinity

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=514

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#retail #workingpoor #workingclass

How Retail Work Shaped a New Masculinity

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=514

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#retail #workingpoor #workingclass

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/27/there-is-no-radical-transformation-in-the-us-without-poor-people-in-the-forefront/

#labourmovement #minimumwage #organize #workingpoor

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/27/there-is-no-radical-transformation-in-the-us-without-poor-people-in-the-forefront/

#labourmovement #minimumwage #organize #workingpoor

#capitalism #exploitation #workingclass #workingpoor #NoBillionaires

#capitalism #exploitation #workingclass #workingpoor #NoBillionaires

May 1921 https://www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/unheard-voices/news/you-sip-your-tea-remember-chandpur-1921-X4179566

Tea workers: Poorest of #Bangladesh poor
https://libcom.org/article/tea-workers-poorest-poor-bangladesh

#Chandpur
#minimumwage #teaworkers #workingclasshistory #workingpoor

May 1921 https://www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/unheard-voices/news/you-sip-your-tea-remember-chandpur-1921-X4179566

Tea workers: Poorest of #Bangladesh poor
https://libcom.org/article/tea-workers-poorest-poor-bangladesh

#Chandpur
#minimumwage #teaworkers #workingclasshistory #workingpoor

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-22/ghost-communities-of-robinvale-where-people-dont-exist-in-census/106572538

#Capitalism #exploitation #HousingCrisis #LabourMovement #migrantWorkers #minimumwage #Robinvale #Solidarity #WorkingPoor

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-22/ghost-communities-of-robinvale-where-people-dont-exist-in-census/106572538

#Capitalism #exploitation #HousingCrisis #LabourMovement #migrantWorkers #minimumwage #Robinvale #Solidarity #WorkingPoor

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/strait-of-hormuz-drone-strike-kills-indian-sailor/106639990

#Capitalism #FossilFuels #Hormuz #iran #migrantworkers #minimumwage #SeaFarers #Workingpoor

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/strait-of-hormuz-drone-strike-kills-indian-sailor/106639990

#Capitalism #FossilFuels #Hormuz #iran #migrantworkers #minimumwage #SeaFarers #Workingpoor

Asia Floor Wage Alliance
https://asia.floorwage.org/

Global Labor Justice
https://globallaborjustice.org/

Portland Association of Teachers
https://www.pdxteachers.org/

Portland Jobs With Justice
https://jwjpdx.org/portlandjobswithjustice/blogs-with-justice/calendar/

Labour Behind The Label
https://labourbehindthelabel.org/

#educationworkers #garmentworkers #labourmovement #Nike #organize #solidarity #unions #workingpoor

Asia Floor Wage Alliance
https://asia.floorwage.org/

Global Labor Justice
https://globallaborjustice.org/

Portland Association of Teachers
https://www.pdxteachers.org/

Portland Jobs With Justice
https://jwjpdx.org/portlandjobswithjustice/blogs-with-justice/calendar/

Labour Behind The Label
https://labourbehindthelabel.org/

#educationworkers #garmentworkers #labourmovement #Nike #organize #solidarity #unions #workingpoor

Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” (hire cheapest wageslaves)

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/australia-junior-rates-workers-jobs

#JuniorWages #LabourMovement #Minimumwage #Workingpoor

Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” (hire cheapest wageslaves)

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/australia-junior-rates-workers-jobs

#JuniorWages #LabourMovement #Minimumwage #Workingpoor

https://www.workchronicles.com/p/comic-the-hazing-cycle

#JuniorPay #minimumwage #workingPoor

https://www.workchronicles.com/p/comic-the-hazing-cycle

#JuniorPay #minimumwage #workingPoor

Fair Work Commission finally - 53 years late - abolished junior rates of pay in retail, fast food and pharmacies industries. Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union #RAFFWU, on calling for the scrapping of the junior rate of pay, how the system continues to be rigged against young workers.

https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/junior-rates

Junior Wage (small) Change https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/workplace-laws/award-changes/major-award-changes/junior-wage-changes-to-retail-fast-food-and-pharmacy-awards

#LivingWage
https://raffwu.org.au/campaigns/industry/living-wages/

#3CR #CommunityRadio. #JuniorPay #minimumwage #workingpoor

Fair Work Commission finally - 53 years late - abolished junior rates of pay in retail, fast food and pharmacies industries. Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union #RAFFWU, on calling for the scrapping of the junior rate of pay, how the system continues to be rigged against young workers.

https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/junior-rates

Junior Wage (small) Change https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/workplace-laws/award-changes/major-award-changes/junior-wage-changes-to-retail-fast-food-and-pharmacy-awards

#LivingWage
https://raffwu.org.au/campaigns/industry/living-wages/

#3CR #CommunityRadio. #JuniorPay #minimumwage #workingpoor

@KimPerales It’s obscene. They wouldn’t forgive student loans, even for seniors. But when Trump wants to pretend he hasn’t destroyed the economy, there’s plenty of money for corporate welfare. This is not what I want my taxes spent on!!!

#corporatewelfare #economy #Trump #WorkingPoor #inflation #IranWar

Free Oakland Utopian Project
https://www.kqed.org/news/12078915/in-east-oakland-a-store-where-1-item-is-always-free

More on getting by https://www.kqed.org/affordability

#Art #eastoakland #free #minimumwage #mutualaid #workingpoor

Free Oakland Utopian Project
https://www.kqed.org/news/12078915/in-east-oakland-a-store-where-1-item-is-always-free

More on getting by https://www.kqed.org/affordability

#Art #eastoakland #free #minimumwage #mutualaid #workingpoor

10 years ago, 18-year old Josh Park-Fing died at his forced labour #WorkfortheDole site in #Toowoomba.
Despite a court finding that Josh's Work for the Dole site did not meet basic safety standards, neither the government nor his for-profit privately owned employment service provider #NEATO were held accountable.
Josh's family weren't even provided normal workers compensation as Josh was technically not an 'employee'.

https://events.humanitix.com/justice-for-josh-10-years-on?

#AUWU #dole #JoshFing #minimumwage #WorkingPoor

10 years ago, 18-year old Josh Park-Fing died at his forced labour #WorkfortheDole site in #Toowoomba.
Despite a court finding that Josh's Work for the Dole site did not meet basic safety standards, neither the government nor his for-profit privately owned employment service provider #NEATO were held accountable.
Josh's family weren't even provided normal workers compensation as Josh was technically not an 'employee'.

https://events.humanitix.com/justice-for-josh-10-years-on?

#AUWU #dole #JoshFing #minimumwage #WorkingPoor

Cost of Living Adjustment (CoLA)

https://www.iww.cy/articles/fighting-for-cola-north/

#COLA #Cyprus #IWW #LabourMovement #Organize #Solidarity
#workingpoor

Cost of Living Adjustment (CoLA)

https://www.iww.cy/articles/fighting-for-cola-north/

#COLA #Cyprus #IWW #LabourMovement #Organize #Solidarity
#workingpoor

@RAHU

“Choice” ? People living in vehicles forced to choose between diesel and food as fuel prices remain high
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/people-living-in-cars-hit-hard-by-fuel-crisis/106538490

#fossilfuels #housingcrisis #landlords #rent #workingpoor

Pak Reduces Petrol Prices, Announces Free Public Transport Amid Energy Crisis announcement came after street protests and long queues at fuel stations triggered by a late-night decision to impose a 42.7-percent rise in petrol prices.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-reduces-petrol-prices-announces-free-public-transport-amid-energy-crisis-iran-war-11309232

#costofliving #fossilfuels #Pakistan #freetravel #publictransport #workingpoor