On AlterNet: salary

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

10% of Americans Are Unemployed So Why Are Feds Getting Big Raises?

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 11, 2009.

Despite the recession, more federal employees than ever are making six-figure salaries paid for by cash-strapped taxpayers.

Just When You Thought the Corporate Rip-Off Schemes Couldn't Get Any Worse...

David Sirota, Open Left. May 22, 2009.

Using employees' life insurance policies as a back-door way to pad the boss's salary ... wow.

Part-Timers Treated Like Second-Class Employees

Beth Shulman, AlterNet. February 12, 2009.

Part-time workers deserve to be full participants in the work benefits and protections that sustain American families and bolster our economy.

My Parents Managed to Raise Two Kids on One Salary. That's Impossible Today -- What Happened?

Jared Bernstein, deleted. April 25, 2008.

It takes two parents to earn what one did only a few generations ago. Something's gone very wrong.

If Romney Hates Government And Its Workers So Much Why Is He Running For President?

Dave Johnson, December 31, 1969.