#wages

The Ordinance of Labourers of 1349 was motivated by the severe labor shortages and economic upheaval caused by the Black Death, which killed an estimated 30–60% of England’s population.

The ordinance aimed to stabilize the #economy by fixing wages at pre-plague levels, prohibiting excessive hiring or wages, and controlling food prices.

It also sought to discourage idleness by forbidding alms for able-bodied beggars.

#history #labor #workers #craft #wages #charity

Today in Labor History April 12, 1934: The Toledo (Ohio) Auto-Lite General Strike began on this day. Initially, 6,000 workers struck for union recognition and higher pay. In late May, there was a five-day battle between the strikers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard. The militia fired on workers. They shot tear gas, which the workers threw back at them. They attacked with bayonets and the workers retaliated with bricks, injuring several soldiers. The “Battle of Toledo,” left two strikers dead and more than 200 injured. The strike lasted for two months and resulted in a win for the union. It was one of the most important labor struggles of the 20th century. During that same spring, there were also General Strikes in San Francisco and Minneapolis.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #GeneralStrike #toledo #union #militia #nationalguard #wages

Covid is no worse than the flu?

I know, I have now led dozens of posts over the past few years with this sarcastic question. But now, with the pandemic officially declared over by the politicians and the majority of the public behaving as though Covid19 is no longer a threat, it seems particularly apropos in light of the reasons for declaring the pandemic over: to get people back to work and back to consuming. Yet, as the data from this study show, Long Covid has had an enormous negative impact on the income and quality of life for millions of Americans, particularly the poor and working class, and particularly for African Americans and women.

*Nearly 1 in 7 working-age adults in the U.S. had experienced Long Covid by the end of 2023
*Socially disadvantaged adults were 152% more likely to suffer from Long Covid
*Groups with higher risk for Long Covid include being Black, LGBTQ, Hispanic, Female, or low income
*In 2022, people with Long Covid lost $211 billion in wages
*In 2023, people with Long Covid lost $218 billion in wages

One reason for the disproportionate effect of Long Covid on marginalized communities, particularly BIPOC and poor people, is that these groups suffer disproportionately from chronically elevated levels of the stress hormone, Cortisol, due to the stress caused by racism, sexism, homophobia, and poverty. Elevated Cortisol levels are also associated with increased risk of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes, as well as impaired immune function.

For a really good documentary on the Social Determinants of Health and the relationship between racism and poverty on stress/cortisol levels and negative health outcomes, please see the Unnatural Causes video series

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/studies-1-7-us-working-age-adults-report-long-covid-heaviest-burden-poor

#covid #COVID19 #longcovid #publichealth #pandemic #wages #workingclass #racism #poverty #socialdeterminantsofhealth #lgbtq #sexism #homophobia #cortisol #BlackMastadon

$4 million in #wages unclaimed by nearly 1,600 #workers

https://thechiefleader.com/stories/4-million-in-wages-unclaimed-by-nearly-1600-workers,54186
#NYC #newyorkcity

Public & private #workers in #Greece stage 24-hour nationwide #strike for higher #wages to cope with rising living #costs.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/9/strike-in-greece-over-wages-halts-ships-planes-and-trains

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DNC #RepublicanParty #RNC #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #GeneralStrike

(1/2) #Trump's #tariff bullshit came into force recently. They raise #prices across the board for #consumers and will do nothing to help ordinary people. The target is #environmental and #labour laws, and the goal is to restore a 19th c. economy of low #wages & high #profits..

Japan’s nominal wages rose more than expected in a positive sign for the domestic economy just as external headwinds related to trade begin to cloud the outlook. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/07/economy/japan-nominal-wages-rise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #wages #economicindicators #boj #inflation #shigeruishiba

The top 1% have since 2021 had more wealth than the entire middle class.

https://www.businessinsider.com/top-1-have-more-money-than-the-middle-class-2021-10?op=1

#classwar #oligarchy #poverty #wages

"In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage earners."
—Mikhail Bakunin

#Anarchism #WageSlave #Wages

#Auspol #Wages

i owe the #ALP an apology — i thought they were completely useless, but <same job same pay> is in principle an important leap forward.

since forever women and other marginalised people have been underpaid, based on the assumption they are less productive. now, employers can no longer use bias about productivity to discriminate in wages. (of course, they can continue to do what they have always done which is to simply not give jobs to women and marginalised people, but same job same pay does remove an excuse for ripping people off if they do have a job)

so… what does #LNP plan to do about it? if the party says they will repeal it but Dutton says he won’t, whom should we trust? If dutton doesn’t back down to party demands, how hard would it be to depose him as leader after the election?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/same-job-same-pay-laws-in-doubt-under-coalition-election-2025/105138292

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking is tapping Fujitsu’s artificial intelligence models to bolster its advisory services for customers grappling with rising wages and materials costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/03/companies/smbc-fujitsu-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomomitsui #fujitsu #ai #banks #wages

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom across Japan, prompting the usual rush of impromptu picnics, but prices are surging for the traditional food items often enjoyed while admiring the flowers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/02/economy/hanami-food-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sakura #japaneseeconomy #food #inflation #wages

Today in Labor History March 31, 1883: Cowboys in the Texas panhandle began a 2-and-a-half-month strike for higher wages. Investment firms from the East Coast and Europe were taking over the land and cutting benefits that cowboys had accustomed to, like keeping some horses for themselves and holding some of the land for their own small farming. New ranch owners were more interested in expanding holdings and increasing profits, forcing their hands to work entirely for wages, and maintaining all livestock entirely for the profit of the owners.

Media from as far away as Colorado accused the cowboys of being incendiaries, threatening to burn down the ranches, attacking ranchers, and indiscriminately killing cattle.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #cowboy #strike #texas #wages #books #nonfiction #author #writer @bookstadon

Today in Labor History March 28, 1977: AFSCME Local 1644 struck in Atlanta, Georgia, for a pay raise. This local of mostly African American sanitation workers saw labor and civil rights as part of the same struggle. They saw their fight as a continuation of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike. For several years, they organized to get black civil rights leaders elected to public office. They succeeded in getting their man, Maynard Jackson, elected mayor of Atlanta. After all, as vice mayor, Jackson had supported their 1970 strike. Yet, in his first three years as mayor, he refused to give them a single raise. Consequently, their wages dropped below the poverty line for a family of four. Jackson accused AFSCME of attacking Black Power by challenging his authority. He fired over 900 workers by April 1 and crushed the strike by the end of April. Many believe this set the precedent for Reagan’s mass firing of 11,000 air traffic controllers during the PATCO strike, in 1981.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #union #AFSCME #PATCO #strike #atlanta #CivilRights #sanitation #blackpower #wages #poverty #reagan

Today in Labor History: March 28, 1968: Martin Luther King led a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Police attacked the workers with mace and sticks. A 16-year old boy was shot. 280 workers were arrested. He was assassinated a few days later after speaking to the striking workers. The sanitation workers were mostly black. They worked for starvation wages under plantation like conditions, generally under racist white bosses. Workers could be fired for being one minute late or for talking back, and they got no breaks. Organizing escalated in the early 1960s and reached its peak in February, 1968, when two workers were crushed to death in the back of a garbage truck.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #memphis #union #strike #racism #MartinLutherKing #assassination #PoliceBrutality #WorkplaceDeaths #police #tennessee #wages

REPORT: Real wages were significantly higher in 2024, Biden's final year, than 2019, when Trump said we had the "greatest economy in history," and real wages rose the most under Biden for those who needed it most.

https://www.epi.org/publication/strong-wage-growth-for-low-wage-workers-bucks-the-historic-trend/

#Economy #Wages #Jobs #Inflation #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #Biden

Japan’s biggest union group reported the biggest wage gains in more than three decades for two successive years, but the broader picture for pay trends may not be quite as rosy, according to one think tank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/japan-wage-growth-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #wages #rengo #shunto #unions

Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood

all us people on #centrelink jobseeker got a shitty $3.10 increase, what a fucking insult to all unemployed workers who pay #politicians #wages daily

the ex retired politicians are still living off of the gst/tariff/tax gains yearly

#australia #capitalism #fascism #ausgov #politas #classwar #oppression #repression #poverty #homeless #humanrights

An expert panel of Japan's National Personnel Authority proposed Monday that the government look at workers' salaries at larger businesses to decide those for national public servants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/japan-central-government-worker-pay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wages #japaneseeconomy