low-wage workers
William Barber on recruiting low-wage voters, Biden’s record on poverty
By Kathryn Post — January 19, 2024
(RNS) — 'If you leave this many people in poverty and low wealth, you open up the door for demagogues and people who will use people’s fears and hurts against them,' said the Rev. William Barber.
As billionaires grow richer, children go to sleep hungry
By Diane Randall — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — We must adjust a tax code that bends over backward for the extremely wealthy while treating those who struggle as a burden.
Suit: Workers lured from India paid $1.20 per hour for years
By David Porter and Mallika Sen — May 12, 2021
(AP) — A lawsuit accuses the leaders of the Hindu organization known as Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, of human trafficking and wage law violations.
Our moral obligation to health during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Liz Theoharis — March 26, 2020
(RNS) — In this national emergency, the government’s program of protecting profits is putting all of us at risk.
Faith leaders ask candidates to give poor ‘living wage’
By Adelle M. Banks — April 4, 2016
(RNS) “(T)he next President can lift millions out of poverty and secure a brighter future for all Americans,” they say.
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