Tag: Low Wages
Strike by Punjab’s 108 Ambulance Employees’ Association enters 6th day
Punjab’s 108 Ambulance Employees’ Association has been on strike for over six days now. With hundreds of ambulances parked at the toll plaza, emergency...
HMRL protest ends –workers will return to work
After the management assured the 150 contract employees of the HMRL, that they would have a discussion in the next few days, the workers...
Unemployment benefits in the US impediment to hiring?
The enhanced benefits that the US government is providing to the unemployed — an additional $300 a week — is actually making it difficult...
Singapore experiencing worst recession, highest unemployment rate in over 10 years
Ever since the global financial crisis in 2009, the unemployment rate in Singapore has not been this high. The first quarter saw the rate...
India’s problem is low wages, not jobs
The retail explosion in the country has not just provided jobs in the cities but also employment opportunities in the smaller towns.