Opinion | There’s a Reason There Aren’t Enough Teachers in America. Many Reasons, Actually. - The New York Times

The combination of these factors — declining prestige, lower pay than other professions that require a college education, increased workloads, and political and ideological pressures — is creating both intended and unintended consequences for teacher accountability reforms mandating tougher licensing rules, evaluations and skill testing...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/opinion/teacher-shortage-education.html

What The Future Holds For Labor Unions (On Point)

"Beaten Down, Worked Up" — longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse on the future of unions.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/08/14/labor-unions-beaten-down-worked-up-steven-greenhouse

New York Times editorial board rips Trump for failed promises to American workers - Raw Story

On Monday, The New York Times editorial board said that President Donald Trump is sending a loud and clear message to American workers. They noted that while Trump campaigned on supporting workers that his actions over the past two years have proven otherwise...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/new-york-times-editorial-board-rips-trump-for-failed-promises-to-american-workers/

The Catholic Church CAN Pay For Its Sins (8/8) | Oxford Union - Dr Jay R Feierman

https://youtu.be/BLre-qmPBQc

Undocumented Trump employees say they sometimes worked for no pay: report - The Hill

Some undocumented employees of a Trump golf course in New York have said they were not paid fairly for their work.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441463-undocumented-trump-employees-say-they-sometimes-worked-for-no-pay

Here's the biggest untold story about how we pay for government - Raw Story

The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America's wealthy. Decades ago, wealthy Americans financed the federal government mainly by paying taxes. Their tax rate was far higher than what it is today. Now, wealthy Americans finance the federal government mainly by lending it money, and collecting interest...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/heres-biggest-untold-story-pay-government/

Anderson Cooper: Trump is telling federal workers going without pay ‘let them eat wall’ - The Hill

CNN host Anderson Cooper excoriated President Trump on Friday, arguing that the president is telling federal employees who are working without pay amid the partial government shutdown to "let them eat wall." ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/424009-anderson-cooper-trump-telling-federal-workers-going-without-pay-let-them-eat

TSA agents working without pay during shutdown are calling in sick - The Hill

Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers have called in sick this week from at least four major U.S. airports as they work without pay during a partial government shutdown that's now in its 14th day, according to CNN.....
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/tsa/423957-hundreds-of-tsa-agents-calling-out-sick-while-forced-to-work

Amid Shutdown, Trump Freezes Pay of 2 Million Federal Workers - Truthdig

The president's order comes as hundreds of thousands of government employees worry about being able to make rent and pay their bills.....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/amid-shutdown-trump-to-freeze-pay-of-roughly-2-million-federal-workers/

Sanders wants to penalize Walmart’s owners unless they pay their workers $15 an hour - The Washington Post

The effort comes after Sanders spearheaded a campaign over low worker pay at Amazon. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/14/sanders-wants-penalize-walmarts-owners-unless-they-pay-their-workers-an-hour/

Trump’s civil service plans greeted with praise and doubts - The Washington Post: Perspective

Office of Personnel Management moves to speed hiring by skipping certain civil service procedures and adopt alternative pay systems for some occupations. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/15/trumps-civil-service-plans-greeted-with-praise-doubts/

New study shows teachers earn less now than in 1999 - Daily Kos

Back in the day, teachers earned more than other comparable workers, but now shrinking education budgets and subsequent cuts in teacher pay place them behind their peers. According to a new study by the Economic Policy Institute, teachers now earn 11.1 percent less than other professionals in comparable fields. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1794092

“Kava-Not-Cool, Guys” (Pod Save America podcast)

The Kavanaugh hearings have begun and Senate Democrats came ready to fight. Do we have a shot at stopping his nomination? President Trump spent his Labor Day weekend attacking union leaders and slashing wages for workers, so that was cool. Then we read our favorite excerpts from Bob Woodward’s new book, and Jon and Jon interview former President Jimmy Carter.

Interview:

https://crooked.com/podcast/kava-not-cool-guys/
https://youtu.be/4bgbILeA3nw

Celebrate Labor Day the Republican way -- Daily Kos Cartoon

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1792299

'CEOs don't want this released': US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem - the guardian

The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1 ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/16/ceo-worker-pay-ratio-america-first-study

Scott Pruitt Is Having Yet Another Scandal-Ridden Day - Mother Jones

For Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, the scandals just won't let up. The acting director of the Office of Government Ethics has written a stern letter outlining concerns over Pruitt's seemingly endless list of controversies, warning that the American public's trust in government was being imperiled by his mounting scandals.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/04/scott-pruitt-is-having-yet-another-scandal-ridden-day/

These teachers work up to 6 jobs. Now they're fed up and ready to walk out - CNN

Craig Troxell steps precariously across a customer's roof, marking hail damage from yet another Oklahoma storm. He still smells of the freshly cut grass from the swanky side of town, where he had just mowed lawns to make a few extra dollars. ...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/31/us/oklahoma-teachers-profiles/index.html

Inside IBM's Purge of Thousands of Workers Who Have One Thing in Common - Mother Jones

For nearly a half century, IBM came as close as any company to bearing the torch for the American Dream. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2018/03/ibm-propublica-gray-hairs-old-heads/

Republicans Say Forced Labor Is Good for Detained Immigrants in Letter Defending Private Prison - The Daily Beast

Private-prison companies that force undocumented immigrant detainees to work for little or no money have a powerful new group of advocates: Eighteen members of Congress. The members, all Republicans, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Department of Labor, calling for them to help private-prison company GEO Group defend itself in lawsuits by former detainees.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-say-forced-labor-is-good-for-detained-immigrants-in-letter-defending-private-prison

Trump’s Objections Require Some Corrections - The New York Times

President Trump said that American troops would receive the largest pay raise in a decade and that Democrats fought against a solution for Dreamers. Neither claim is true. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/us/politics/fact-check-military-pay-immigrants.html