On AlterNet: pay

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "pay"

"It's No Longer a Secure Place to Work": Working People Speak Out on Attacks on Public Employees

Melissa Chadburn, AlterNet. February 12, 2012.

California's state deficit led to furloughs for already-crunched workers--two of them share their stories of how anti-worker propaganda causes real problems.

Why Don't We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America's Struggling Working People

Bill Quigley, AlterNet. January 23, 2012.

Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor.

What's the Most Popular Porn Site on Earth? (And What Does That Say About Our Relationship to Sex?)

Jill Filipovic, The Guardian. September 19, 2011.

A webcam site featuring mostly underpaid women from non-Western countries gets the most views. What does that say about Western sexuality?

Wall Street Desperately Trying to Kill Law That Could Curb Obscene CEO Pay

Sam Pizzigati, Blog for Our Future. January 9, 2011.

Corporate America is working feverishly behind the scenes to smother a new federal mandate to roll back excessive executive pay.

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 13, 2009.

Robert Greenwald appears on the Ed Show to talk about Sick For Profit, a new campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

Fair Pay: Decent Wages Must Be Part of Obama's Jobs Package

Art Levine, In These Times AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. January 12, 2009.

Decent wages -- and strengthened union organizing -- must go hand-in-hand with any economic recovery plan.