North Carolina: Still the Worst Place to Work in America
For the second year in a row, North Carolina came 52nd in a ranking of best and worst states to work in the nation.
Durham McDonald’s Workers Hold a Wildcat Strike to Demand a Living Wage and Protest Workplace Sexual Harassment
Wednesday’s protest in Durham was in concert with #Striketober, described by organizers as a wave of walkouts at McDonald’s locations in 10 cities across the United States.
Backtalk: Rent control temporarily delays a massive problem
Supporters of rent control would be better suited advocating for higher minimum wage, government/employment-funded childcare, health care, and maternity/paternity leave.
Durham Council Struggles to Define Living Wage and Incentive Priorities
In back-to-back votes this month, city council took different approaches to living wage requirements for new restaurants.
Emily Guendelsberger’s New Book “On the Clock” Gives an On-the-Ground Account of How Automation Makes Shitty Jobs Shittier
Guendelsberger discusses her experience working in an Amazon warehouse, a San Francisco McDonald’s, and a North Carolina call center at Flyleaf Books on August 1.
North Carolina’s Minimum Wage Needs to Be Raised. Local Living Wage Businesses Aren’t Waiting.
Just $4,916.00: that’s the amount you have to live on for an entire year if you earn minimum wage and rent a one-bedroom apartment in Durham County. How does that calculation work? Simple math: $15,080.00 is what a business can get away with paying a full-time worker at the current $7.25 minimum wage; $10,164 is…
More Than 700K N.C. Residents Live in Deep Poverty
This post is excerpted from the INDY’s morning newsletter, Primer. To read this morning’s edition in full, click here. To get all the day’s local and national headlines and insights delivered straight to your inbox, sign up here. A new analysis from NC Policy Watch shows that more than 7 percent of North Carolina households—an…
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Does Durham’s Recent Cameo in Marvel Comics Reflect a Better Status Quo or a Fleeting Protest Fad? Our Call.
In Artificer, a new, recurring column, the INDY‘s managing arts and culture editor seeks acute angles on broad issues in the performing arts, books, and beyond. In 1990, at the height of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles craze, Marvel Comics launched a mercilessly demographic-researched series starring a young superhero team called the New Warriors, and…
Durham Workers’ Rights Rally Calls for Economic Justice on Anniversary of MLK’s Death
Pascha Moore has been working in the fast food industry since she was sixteen years old. She started out making $5 per hour at Hardee’s. Twenty years later, the mother of four is making $8 per hour at McDonald’s. She can’t get enough hours on the schedule to afford rent, so she’s staying “here and…
Op-Ed: On Labor Day, A Tale of North Carolina’s Two Economies—and How to Give Those at the Bottom a Leg Up
At first glance, North Carolina’s workers have a lot to celebrate this Labor Day. In many ways, it is the best of times. An economy based on textile and furniture manufacturing a generation ago is being rebuilt with the help of industries such as banking, high tech, health care, and pharmaceuticals. Our Tar Heel State…
Uber Really, Really Doesn’t Pay Very Well, According to a Lawsuit Filed in North Carolina
Offended by companies that don’t pay their workers a living wage? Maybe you shouldn’t take an Uber home from the bars tonight, then. Michael Hood has been driving for Uber in Forsyth County since September 2015. According to a recently filed class action lawsuit in the Middle District of North Carolina, he drives, on average,…
Q&A: Charles Latham is Working and Singing For “The Living Wage”
Four years ago, Durham-based singer-songwriter Charles Latham recorded a song called “The Living Wage” for his LP Fast Loans. The song is an anthem about trying to keep your head above water and living on a dime—even if you’re working a full-time job—and the effect it can have on your mental health. “For the living…
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