This chart demonstrates the impact of union membership on income and wealth distribution. It allows users to select between a number of metrics related to unionization and income inequality in order to further illustrate this relationship. The chart illustrates a consistent theme that as union power has declined, so too has the share of national income going to wages and salaries, and to the bottom and middle of the income spectrum.

This chart allows users to compare the United States along a number of economic indicators related to income, employment, and economic security. By selecting between these measurements and offering a geographic view of these statistics, users are better able to visualize trends in economic factors and make comparisons between states.

This interactive chart compares occupational levels and wages in 2010 to occupational projections for 2020. It also categorizes occupations according to the minimum education needed for an entry-level position in that field and allows users to selectively include certain educational groups. This chart demonstrates that good jobs (those in green) are projected to have few openings in the coming decade while occupations with the most projected openings do not pay well.

This ordinance requires city service contractors or recipients of city financial assistance of $50,000 or more to pay employees a wage equivalent to the federal poverty line for a family of four.

The act authorizes discharge of an employee by an employer only under limited enumerated circumstances; provides that employees discharged for reasons other than those enumerated to be wrongfully discharged; authorizes the commissioner to adopt additional grounds for discharge of an employee as long as they are not inconsistent with current enumerated grounds; establishes a wrongful discharge compliant process and hearing for which an employee may, within 30 days of discharge, file a complaint to the commissioner; requires that upon a wrongful discharge finding by the commissioner the employer shall be reinstated with back pay; authorizes the commissioner to request the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands to enforce any order issued; establishes evidentiary standards for determining finding of fact on appeal; and authorizes a wrongfully discharged employee to bring an action for compensatory and punitive damages.

This ordinance modifies existing business licensing requirements to require denial of a business license to any applicant having been found to have committed wage theft if that finding has not been remedied or cured. Previously, New Brunswick law required all business license applications to be submitted to the police department for investigation of the applicant's business responsibility, moral character and ability to properly conduct the licensed activity as necessary for the protection of the public, and to deny license applications if the police determined that the applicant's character, ability or business responsibility were unsatisfactory or the products, services or activity not free from fraud. This ordinance adds wage theft as an additional reason for business license denial.

This chart demonstrates the impact of union membership on income and wealth distribution. It allows users to select between a number of metrics related to unionization and income inequality in order to further illustrate this relationship. The chart illustrates a consistent theme that as union power has declined, so too has the share of national income going to wages and salaries, and to the bottom and middle of the income spectrum.

This ballot measure increases the minimum wage for work performed in San Jos' to $10 per hour with the potential of an annual increase based on the Consumer Price Index. The minimum wage would not apply to employers who do not maintain a facility in San Jos' or employers that are exempt from the Business License Tax.

Michigan should enact an earned sick leave law. An earned sick leave law in Michigan would require most employers to bank sick time for their workers based on the number of hours they have worked. This would help low-paid workers keep their jobs, increase productivity and reduce employee turnover, and protect the health of other employees and the public.

Recycling workers face serious hazards on the job. For long hours, they work with heavy equipment in dangerous situations and deal with an array of unsafe materials (needles, broken glass, etc) that should not be on the recycling line. As a result of these unsafe conditions, recycling workers face above-average injury rates and are sometimes even killed on the job. To ensure safe and dignified recycling jobs, municipal govern- ments must require rigorous health and safety standards in recycling contracts. This report explores the dangers recycling workers face and provides policy recommendations that municipal decision makers should follow to improve industry accountability and health and safety outcomes.