http://wages.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for wages en Fri, 25 May 2007 21:12:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009928 unknown@Netscape.com American men in their 30s today are worse off than their fathers' generation, a reversal from just a decade ago, when sons generally were better off than their fathers, a new study finds. It also says the typical American family's income has lagged far behind productivity growth since 2000, a departure from most of the post-World War II period. Fri, 25 May 2007 21:12:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009928americanMeninTheir30swagesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1673701 unknown@Netscape.com Business 2.0 Magazine identifies popular job categories in which wages are growing the fastest. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:47:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1673701salariesjobswagesegineeringitNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1337924 unknown@Netscape.com Bono promises to have decent working conditions and to abstain from employing child labor. According to the factory manager in Lesotho, Thabang Kholumo, the wages paid are 600 rand a month. This is a little over 50 cents an hour assuming a 40-hour work week. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:58:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1337924bonochildlaborfairwagesfactoriesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1086421 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Tens of thousands of Israeli workers launched an open-ended general strike on Wednesday that crippled the country's airports, seaports, railways, government offices, banks, the stock exchange and many other services. Marathon overnight talks between the Histadrut labor federation and the government failed to avert the walkout, which began at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) because thousands of municipal workers haven't been paid for months. Past strikes have lasted for days, each day costing the economy tens of millions of dollars (euros) in losses." Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:32:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1086421IsraelStrikeflightsairportwagesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/416478 unknown@Netscape.com The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-month high of 4.6 percent as somewhat cautious employers added fewer new jobs to their payrolls in January. Wage gains were even more modest. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:54:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/416478unemploymentfourmonth4.6percentJanuarywagesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/115910 unknown@Netscape.com For the past seven years, her pay at the small manufacturing plant where she works was stuck at the state minimum of $6.75 an hour, she says. The new state floor of $7.50 an hour means an extra $100 or so each month. But for Mrs. Rivera it's more about trying to stay even than trying to get ahead. The rent on her apartment is set to rise in Februar Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:18:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/115910wagesdoesithelplowpayNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7596 unknown@Netscape.com Real wages and benefits are declining for Americans as profits are at a half-century high. What does that mean for the November elections? Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:13:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7596PoliticswagesEconomyelectionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7008 unknown@Netscape.com PayScale - Salary Survey, Salaries, Wages, Compensation Information and Analysis Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:36:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7008Careers & JobsjobscareerssalarypayscalewagesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4696 unknown@Netscape.com Democratic leaders have found a new rallying cry that many of them say could prove powerful in the midterm elections and into 2008: denouncing Wal-Mart for what they say are substandard wages and health care benefits. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:37:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4696PoliticsdemocratsWal-Martlaborhealth carewagesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2316 unknown@Netscape.com Workers at more than 1,200 stores will see their paychecks grow by an average 6 percent, and the world's largest retailer said it will begin introducing wage caps for the first time on each type of job in all stores. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:08:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2316Newswalmartwages http://web2announcer.com/go/1814 unknown@Netscape.com "Raw Story is claiming it has obtained a copy of the GOP election playbook. All of the points made therein are crap -- as in pure crap. Assuming this is the true playbook, here are the basic rebuttals to the economic claims made therein. This information is free to all to use." Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:57:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1814PoliticsblogeconomicsjobswagesinflationNews