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Exotic Dancer in Class Action Over Tips

Exotic Dancer in Class Action Over Tips

12 Feb 2010

…talking dirty. Liwanag, who worked at the club from 2005 until last year, also claimed it swindled the showgirls out of minimum wage and overtime pay. "Dancing at an exotic nightclub is not an easy job, and the labor laws apply to these workers just as… ...

Netanyahu Family Rejects Housekeeper's L

17 Jan 2010

…and defamation." In her lawsuit, the former housekeeper accuses Sara Netanyahu of verbal abuse, paying her less than minimum wage and forcing her to work on the Jewish Sabbath. Talk of the lawsuit dominated Israeli newscasts Sunday and brought back memories… ...

White-Collar Jobless Join FedEx, UPS

White-Collar Jobless Join FedEx, UPS

19 Dec 2009

…average as a free-lancer in the news business. He said he felt out of his element at the start of training, where he made minimum wage for a week driving a small rental truck "around a lot of cones." That's some difference from last holiday season, when… ...

FM Generator faces investigation

FM Generator faces investigation

08 Oct 2009

…has launched an investigation into whether FM Generator paid its workers the state-mandated prevailing wage. It's a minimum wage that most companies doing business with the state have to pay. The AG's office is investigating whether FM Generator paid… ...

Irish Say 'Yes' to EU Reform on 2nd Try

Irish Say 'Yes' to EU Reform on 2nd Try

03 Oct 2009

…that the government branded blatant lies. They contended that an empowered Brussels would encourage immigration, slash its minimum wage, and legalize abortion and euthanasia. A second Irish rebuff would have killed the treaty and built pressure to chart another… ...

German Chancellor Merkel Vows New Govern

German Chancellor Merkel Vows New Govern

28 Sep 2009

…workers from dismissal, as the Free Democrats propose. Both parties in the new coalition oppose introducing a national minimum wage, but Merkel said she won't reverse the blessing the "grand coalition" gave to de-facto minimum wages in individual… ...

Obama Thanks Labor For Hard-Won Rights

Obama Thanks Labor For Hard-Won Rights

07 Sep 2009

President Barack Obama declared Monday that modern benefits like paid leave, minimum wage and Social Security "all bear the union label," as he appealed to organized labor to help him win the health care fight in Congress. ...

Hidden Pockets of Elderly in Poverty

Hidden Pockets of Elderly in Poverty

04 Sep 2009

…about getting sick or injured because he doesn't know whether he could cover the expenses. Now working a part-time, minimum-wage job, Norwood said it doesn't matter to him how the poverty numbers are sliced so long as people get a fair shake at getting… ...

Japan's New Leader Scrambles After Victo

Japan's New Leader Scrambles After Victo

30 Aug 2009

…have proposed an expensive array of initiatives: cash handouts to families and farmers, toll-free highways, a higher minimum wage and tax cuts. The estimated bill comes to 16.8 trillion yen ($179 billion) when fully implemented starting in the 2013… ...

Japan's Ruling Party Concedes Defeat

Japan's Ruling Party Concedes Defeat

30 Aug 2009

…handouts for families with children and farmers and a higher minimum wage. The Democrats have also said they will seek a more independent…
…monthly allowances for job seekers in training, a higher minimum wage and tax cuts. The estimated bill comes to 16.8 trillion… ...

Japan's Long-Ruling Party Suffers Crushi

Japan's Long-Ruling Party Suffers Crushi

30 Aug 2009

…handouts for families with children and farmers, a higher minimum wage, and to rebuild the economy.</P> <P>"The nation…
…monthly allowances for job seekers in training, a higher minimum wage and tax cuts. The estimated bill comes to 16.8 trillion… ...

TEXT: John Kerry's speech

TEXT: John Kerry's speech

28 Aug 2009

…able to vote. There might not be a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Meals on Wheels, student loans, increases in the minimum wage, equal funding for women's college sports, , health insurance portability, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans… ...

Ted Kennedy's Years in the Senate

Ted Kennedy's Years in the Senate

26 Aug 2009

…the years following his failed presidential bid, Ted continued to fight for many issues, including civil rights, health care and the minimum wage. He was known as the senate's liberal lion, and became and icon for the Democratic Party. ...

Some Question Minimum Wage Increase

Some Question Minimum Wage Increase

24 Jul 2009

The federal minimum wage goes up 70 cents today, from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour. Backers of the increase say it's long overdue for millions of the nation's working poor. ...

Interim Honduran Leader Vows Zelaya Will

Interim Honduran Leader Vows Zelaya Will

01 Jul 2009

…brand of populism is similar to the kind that often irks Washington. Still, some of his policies, including raising the minimum wage, have earned him the loyalty of many poor Hondurans, and thousands have rallied to demand his return. Asked if Zelaya… ...

Health Care in Pakistan Crumbling

Health Care in Pakistan Crumbling

08 Jun 2009

…his partner clean 10 wards, the blood bank and the X-ray department. He gets paid $50 a month, less than Pakistan's minimum wage of $82 a month. The one bathroom for 30 patients stinks of urine and feces. The toilets are overflowing, the door to… ...

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Your Rights When You're Laid Off

Your Rights When You're Laid Off

Attorney Karen Conti joined Good Day Chicago to discuss what rights laid off workers have.

Fri, 16 Oct 2009
|Minimum Wagefound at2:08

“…lower income areas are not and in. Not eating overtime. They're not minimum wage they're great. You're not -- those things need to or in your leaving the job you can go back and file with …”

FM Generator faces investigation

FM Generator faces investigation

UNDERCOVER - A major investigation is underway into a company profiled last week by FOX Undercover. Despite being headed by a felon, FM Generator has numerous contracts with security-sensitive agencies like the State Police and Department of Corrections. FOX Undercover's Mike Beaudet reports. &#160;

Thu, 8 Oct 2009
|Minimum Wagefound at0:43

“…spend generator. Paid its workers the date mandated prevailing wage. It's a minimum wage that most companies doing this with the they'd have to pay. The eight office is investigating whether -- generator paid its workers …”

Advice for our college students

Advice for our college students

Save now so you can work less in the future and spend smart so you can focus more on having the job or your dreams rather than the job that just pays the bills. Joining us this morning with some advice is Bill Baldwin, President of Pillar Financial Advisors. Bill is also National Chair of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors

Fri, 2 Oct 2009
|Minimum Wagefound at4:08

“…I think about that he didn't even get tired of making minimum wage -- making all of lot of money in India they get what their Fremont. All right terrific well we're glad that you …”

Harshbarger leads ACORN probe

Harshbarger leads ACORN probe

WASHINGTON - The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.

Tue, 22 Sep 2009
|Living Wagefound at0:39

“…on behalf of four people on for closure. On fighting for a living wage are represented the editors of the poor and the power. So it is a far flung organization -- a 18 or and …”

Monday Morning Quarterbacks

Monday Morning Quarterbacks

Monday Morning Quarterbacks Scott Harshbarger and Joe Malone recently joined the FOX25 Morning News from our Beacon Hill studio to talk about the latest political news.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009
|Living Wagefound at5:34

“…on behalf of four people on for closure. On fighting for a living wage represented the editors of the war and the power. All it is our -- organized as a one warning that. I think …”

Managing Your Money

Managing Your Money

We are looking for financial security and trying to protect our assets to make us as recession proof as possible. In a new book on shelves now, "The Money Track Method: the Real Person's Guide to Successful Investing," you will learn the principles and techniques to become financially successful at any income. Author and financial expert Pam Krueger explains.

Wed, 7 Jan 2009
|Minimum Wagefound at2:19

“…equivalent twelve dollars an hour back then most news bit more than minimum wage figuring out. How can I live in fine entertainment value on twelve dollars an hour most people said he can't do it. …”