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3.1 Low-wage workers in the US hit by COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on low-wage workers in the United States. According to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, an estimated 5.1 million low-wage workers in the US have been laid off or furloughed since the start of the pandemic. This represents nearly one-third of the total number of workers affected by the crisis. Additionally, the pandemic has further highlighted the need for a national minimum wage increase. Currently, the federal minimum wage in the US is $7.25 an hour, which is well below the poverty line for many families. The effects of the pandemic have also highlighted the need for additional measures to protect vulnerable workers, such as paid sick leave and hazard pay.
The D.C. Council is debating watering down or eliminating Initiative 82 (I-82), a law passed overwhelmingly by D.C. voters in 2022 that gradually phases out the subminimum wage for tipped workers through 2027. The D.C. Council has already postponed wage increases for tipped workers this year, delaying a scheduled July increase to October.{{1}} Further actions…
State action to strengthen worker rights and protections has become critically important at a moment when long-standing U.S. labor standards are under acute threat. Escalating threats include Trump administration attempts to roll back (or stop enforcing) standards that set a national floor for minimum wage, overtime pay, health and safety, nondiscrimination, child labor, and other…
Congress has failed workers for decades. Policymakers have not raised the minimum wage in nearly 20 years. They have not passed legislation to fix our nation’s broken labor law, leaving the National Labor Relations Act largely untouched for more than 60 years. Further, they have failed to pass legislation providing U.S. workers with paid sick…
The frequent reference of Pope Leo XIV to the first social encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII — Rerum Novarum — has prompted economists, social scientists, philosophers, and theologians to review the teachings contained in the encyclical.
How do we help employers who want to comply with the ethical standard set by the Social Doctrine of the Church, that a living wage must enable the worker and his family to attain a minimum level of comfort and decency with the wage that he or she is paid.
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