Mastodawn

$2.13 sub-minimumwage since 1991 https://cepr.net/publications/the-2-13-subminimum-wage-when-is-enough-enough/

Note: 2009, Congress increased Federal #minimumwage to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. It has not been increased since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States

(51 State’s Minimum wage rates )
https://stateandfederalposter.com/pages/2026-state-minimum-wage-rates?

#Capitalism #minimumwage #workingpoor

The $2.13 Subminimum Wage: When is Enough Enough?

Strong bipartisan support exists for eliminating the federal $2.13 subminimum wage, yet Congress has done little to address the decades-old policy.

CEPR

Peter Riley Jun 12

Capos are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/12/big-tech-built-a-gig-economy-that-works-against-us/

How low can you go go go ? (Capo Limbo)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/employers-are-using-your-personal-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept-c2b968fb?

#Capitalism #exploitation #gigeconomy #minimumwage #surveillance #workingpoor

Big Tech Built a Gig Economy That Works Against Us

Recent reporting has confirmed what many working people already feel every day: companies are using personal data to decide the lowest wage someone will

CounterPunch.org

Dave Volek Jun 4

Working Families Party

Is this American political party the answer?

https://davevolek.medium.com/working-families-party-b246ed99087c?sk=8ca584397eb2fd3464a3be18c8acd98e

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#workingfamiliesparty #workingfamilies #workingpoor

Peter Riley Jun 1

20 richest Capitalists now hoard more stolen wealth … while the bottom 3 million #workingpoor households struggle to put food on the table.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/02/australian-billionaires-richer-than-last-year

(Note 2025 National #MinimumWage was $24.95 per hour or $948 per week)
10am Tuesday June 2026 … Per hour ?
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/workplace-laws/annual-wage-review/annual-wage-review-2026

#Capitalism #RichPeoplesYachtMoney

Australia’s 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty

Oxfam finds the 20 richest Australians now hold more wealth than the bottom 3 million households

The Guardian

Peter Riley Jun 1

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon capitalists benefitted billions $ from Trump’s tax cuts while their wage-slaves struggle to buy food.

https://truthout.org/articles/oregon-employers-with-most-snap-recipients-included-safeway-walmart-and-amazon/

#Capitalism #minimumwage #Oregon #SNAP #workingpoor

Oregon Employers With Most SNAP Recipients Included Safeway, Walmart, and Amazon

These companies financially benefitted in the billions from Trump’s tax cuts while their workers struggled to buy food.

Truthout

PoLiTiPeT May 29

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie-et-social/290526/pierre-madec-economiste-le-taux-d-emploi-fortement-progresse-et-pourtant-la-pauvrete-continue #Pauvreté #Travail #Inflation #WorkingPoor

Dave Volek May 29

How Retail Work Shaped a New Masculinity

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=514

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#retail #workingpoor #workingclass

Peter Riley May 28

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/27/there-is-no-radical-transformation-in-the-us-without-poor-people-in-the-forefront/

#labourmovement #minimumwage #organize #workingpoor

There is No Radical Transformation in the US Without Poor People in the Forefront

An outreach mental health client of mine, years ago - I’ll call him Gregory - had (as a very young child) been beaten across the head by his step-father,

CounterPunch.org