#workingpoor — Public Fediverse posts

Women #Chainmakers' Strike in #CradleyHeath, England, August 23, 1910 - October 22, 1910, when the final employers agreed to pay the #minimumwage

https://www.womenchainmakers.org.uk/

https://neu.org.uk/latest/library/mary-macarthur-and-cradley-heath-women-chainmakers-strike-1910

https://voyagerofhistory.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/the-women-chainmakers-strike-of-1910/

#marymacarthur #strikes #womenworkers #workingclasshistory #workingpoor

Women #Chainmakers' Strike in #CradleyHeath, England, August 23, 1910 - October 22, 1910, when the final employers agreed to pay the #minimumwage

https://www.womenchainmakers.org.uk/

https://neu.org.uk/latest/library/mary-macarthur-and-cradley-heath-women-chainmakers-strike-1910

https://voyagerofhistory.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/the-women-chainmakers-strike-of-1910/

#marymacarthur #strikes #womenworkers #workingclasshistory #workingpoor

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/gig-economy-labor-rights-workers

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uber-rideshare-exploitation-unions-organizing

CGWU
https://www.seiu521.org/press-release/california-gig-drivers-win-union

App Drivers & Couriers Union https://adcu.org.uk/

Rideshare Drivers United
https://www.drivers-united.org/

New York Taxi Workers
https://www.nytwa.org

LDU app-based delivery workers in New York City.
https://www.workersjustice.org/en/ldu

Digital Workers Inquiry
https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry?

ILO on “Platform Economy”
https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/ILC114-Instrument%20C.193-EN.pdf

#deliverydrivers #gigworkers #labourmovement
#workingpoor

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/gig-economy-labor-rights-workers

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uber-rideshare-exploitation-unions-organizing

CGWU
https://www.seiu521.org/press-release/california-gig-drivers-win-union

App Drivers & Couriers Union https://adcu.org.uk/

Rideshare Drivers United
https://www.drivers-united.org/

New York Taxi Workers
https://www.nytwa.org

LDU app-based delivery workers in New York City.
https://www.workersjustice.org/en/ldu

Digital Workers Inquiry
https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry?

ILO on “Platform Economy”
https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/ILC114-Instrument%20C.193-EN.pdf

#deliverydrivers #gigworkers #labourmovement
#workingpoor

@acmeworks

1 July 2026 Australian National #MinimumWage is $26.44 per hour or $1004.90 per week
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages

#labourmovement #workingpoor

@acmeworks

1 July 2026 Australian National #MinimumWage is $26.44 per hour or $1004.90 per week
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages

#labourmovement #workingpoor

Sub/below minimum wage is bloody desperate / stressful as https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/could-you-live-on-jobseeker-payments/106866554

#AUWU #dole #JobSeeker #minimumwage #poverty #unwagedworkers #workfordole #workingpoor

Sub/below minimum wage is bloody desperate / stressful as https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/could-you-live-on-jobseeker-payments/106866554

#AUWU #dole #JobSeeker #minimumwage #poverty #unwagedworkers #workfordole #workingpoor

#Capitalism (3) Forensic Food #Science

Outrageous: #profits = #stolenwages

(Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” eg #LabourHire racket. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/australias-hidden-modern-slave-labour-workforce-exposed/106968610

#exploitation #slavelabour #wagetheft #workingpoor

#Capitalism (3) Forensic Food #Science

Outrageous: #profits = #stolenwages

(Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” eg #LabourHire racket. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/australias-hidden-modern-slave-labour-workforce-exposed/106968610

#exploitation #slavelabour #wagetheft #workingpoor

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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

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