Top Debt Collector Myths
Debt collectors can be quite intimidating. If you’ve ever had an account go to collections, you’ve experienced this firsthand. Ironically though, much of their potency in this regard is owed to several misconceptions More...
Rashida Tlaib calls for a minimum wage of $18 to $20
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for a minimum wage of $18 to $20 on Sunday, an increase over the $15 minimum wage bill passed by House lawmakers Thursday. Rashida Tlaib Tlaib spoke at an event in Detroit More...
Election 2020: Bernie Sanders cuts hours for staff to get, keep them at $15 per hour
Capitalism 1010 descended on the Bernie Sanders campaign. Sanders pushes for a $15 minimum wage and has announced this weekend he will cut staffers’ hours so that they can effectively be paid a $15-an-hour More...
New York minimum wage hike blamed for worst restaurant job loss in 20 years, rising costs
The New York Post reported on an online survey from the New York City Hospitality Alliance, which represents NYC restaurants, a survey which found a spike job losses were due to the minimum wage hike to $15 per More...
Why the $350 Billion Warehousing Business Will Change Forever in 2019
With Amazon recently raising its minimum wage for all US workers to $15/hour, the memory of their warehouse workers’ well-publicized horror stories is only just beginning to fade. Yet, in the wake of these PR More...
Florida Election 2018: Two moms Joy Gibson, Kathy Lewis battle to face Tom Lee
Ahead of the Florida primary on August 28, the race for State Senator District 20 has voters scrambling to learn about the candidates. While Tom Lee faces John “Manners” Houman, Lee is a lock to move More...
Rep Barbara Lee condemns ‘disgraceful’ SCOTUS ruling against unions as a ‘terrible ruling’
Congresswoman Barbara LeeImage/US Congress Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement yesterday condemning the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31: “The Supreme Court decision More...
Nancy Pelosi ignores facts on jobs, consumer confidence in astounding video
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi misled a group of reporters during a press briefing on Thursday as she downplayed the current unemployment rate and said what really matters is consumer confidence, completely More...
Bernie Sanders attacks Disney, calls for minimum wage hike, socialists call for a ‘shaming’ of the company
Over the weekend, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders took on another big opponent: Disney. Sanders joined unions pushing a ballot measure to require a minimum wage of $15. “The struggle that you are waging here in More...
How will the 2018 minimum wage increases affect US businesses?
Many low-paid Americans will begin 2018 with a boost to their pay packets thanks to increases to the minimum wage – but will this spell bad news for businesses? From January there are 18 states and 20 cities that More...
Study Finds Minimum Wage Hike May Hurt Lowest-Paid Workers
Workers in Seattle may soon have a harder time getting their resumes through to recruiters. A new study out of the University of Washington may upend the minimum wage fight in Seattle. The highly-anticipated study, More...
5 Common Problems The Manufacturing Industries Are Facing: And Ways Recent Advancements May Help Mitigate Them
The manufacturing industries, ranging from the providers of top class tech tools and gadgets, to the providers of our daily household items, are key facilitators of the numerous advancements our digital age is currently More...
The Rust Belt States are Doing Better Than You Think
If you followed last year’s election, then you will probably think the Rust Belt has been turned into this vast wasteland of industrial decay and rampant opioid abuse. However, the truth could not be further More...
Socialist ‘Employee ownership’ Work ACT pushed by Bernie Sanders, Patrick Leahy, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), introduced two pieces of legislation Thursday to help workers around the country form More...
Niki Caro comments on ‘Mulan’ music, gender gap in Hollywood
Disney has set a live-action Mulan is in development, but very little is known at the moment. That said, director Niki Caro previously stated the film will not include any songs, disappointing many, many fans More...
How the Cost of Living in LA Links to Average Salaries
Los Angeles has a magnetic pull for those who dream of making it big in the entertainment world or those who simply long to live in a thriving, busy metropolitan area with near-perfect weather. What keeps LA’s More...
Bernie Sanders announces the ‘Raise the Wage Act’ to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
On Wednesday, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to a crowd of hundreds of low-wage More...
Michael Moore says Trump voters are ‘legal terrorists’ ignoring hypocritical support of Bernie Sanders
While promoting his latest film, Michael Moore in Trumpland, the provocative filmmaker took aim at the GOP and Donald Trump in particular, even calling them “legal terrorists.” Moore was quick to backpedal More...
Hillary Clinton tells Florida voters to ‘reaffirm their values’ at polls
At a voter registration rally in Coral Springs, Florida, Hillary Clinton urged Americans to register to vote and go to the polls in November to reaffirm the values that make our country great. Hillary Clinton is More...
Clinton-Trump debates begins with jobs: Raise the minimum wage vs cut corporate taxes, all mixed with personal attacks
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump went head-to-head for the first time Monday night in a debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The debate was moderated by Lester Holt of NBC News. The first question centered More...