Employment

Individual minimum wage versus family poverty threshold
Map & Data Resources | Mike Alberti | Employment, Labor, Poverty
Apr. 11, 2012 — As observed in recent news coverage, “lawmakers are facing growing pressure to raise the minimum wage, which was last increased at the federal level to $7.25 an hour in July 2009.”...view
Deficit attention disorder
Editorial Cartoons | | Budget deficit, Employment
Dec. 21, 2011 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Underemployment state-by-state
Map & Data Resources | Mike Alberti | Employment
Nov. 16, 2011 — The chart below, using “Alternative Measures of Labor Force Underutilization for States” produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows the average annual percentage of the...view
Think or swim
Editorial Cartoons | | Employment
Nov. 9, 2011 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
The hidden toll of underemployment
Original Reporting | Mike Alberti | Economy, Employment, Labor
Nov. 9, 2011 — The many impacts of unemployment — including social and psychological ones — have long been catalogued. But much less is known about the consequences of “underemployment.” Millions of...view
A day late and a trillion short?
Editorial Cartoons | | Employment
Oct. 12, 2011 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Putting the new GM-UAW contract in historical context
Map & Data Resources | Abby Ferla | Employment, Labor
Sept. 21, 2011 — General Motors and the United Auto Workers just agreed on a new four-year contract. To try and put the agreement in context, we utilized historical wage data provided by the UAW....view
The high road to high wages: Denmark's answer to the U.S. model
Original Reporting | Mike Alberti | Alternative models, Economy, Employment
Sept. 14, 2011 — In the last few decades, Denmark has succeeded in substantially reducing its reliance on low-wage work. The absence of low-paying jobs — a sharp contrast to the employment situation...view
NYT celebrates lower wages
Press Criticism | Craig Gurian | Employment, Labor
Sept. 14, 2011 — It was disorienting to read yesterday’s article on the temporary two-tier wage structure in the auto industry that appears on its way to no longer being temporary. I thought I...view
Crewless
Editorial Cartoons | | Economy, Employment
August 31, 2011 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view

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