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...There were reports last week of people fleeing Mutitjulu, the 500-strong community which will be the first stop for the army and police, but one long-time social worker there says she's seen no such panic. "They aren't frightened of the police and the army, and they're not running off to the sand hills," she says. "I don't think many women will have any problem with having extra police around." Rather, there's cautious optimism that this time, help might be coming. Pearson has called for skeptics to give the Howard intervention a chance...
More than 5 million people work in restaurants nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, including more than two million waiters and waitresses, two million line cooks and food preparers, and half a million dishwashers. About two-thirds of restaurant workers are foreign born, and increasingly, they're from Central and South America. The Brennan Center Study, which drew on extensive worker interviews, industry publications, prior studies and data on government enforcement efforts, concludes that many restaurant workers earn less than the minimum wage. Tips are often arbitrarily confiscated, overtime pay is rare, and wage deductions for things like...
...Bernhardt and her coauthors found that restaurateurs themselves readily acknowledged that overtime and other violations were widespread. A study conducted by the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York, a worker advocacy group, found that 13% of workers earned less than the minimum wage, and 59% had suffered overtime violations, having pay withheld for extra hours of work. The average dishwasher makes just $180 to $300 a week for 50 to 80 hours on the job. Delivery people typically make just $120 to $200 for a similar number of hours, plus tips that can vary widely. Restaurant owners are required...
McGovern, a social worker at the Cambridge Family and Children's Services who served one term on the School Committee from 2004 to 2006, attributed his defeat in the 2005 election to three factors: many of his supporters concluded that he would be safely reelected because due to his strong performance in the 2003 election; challengers Patricia M. Nolan '80 and Luc D. Schuster won over some of his reform-minded base; and turnout in the election was “one of the lowest in memory...
According to Jacobs, the starting wage for every worker will be increased from $12.68 to $14.50 per hour. The SEIU had set its standard of a "living wage" for the guards at $15 during negotiations...