by Raul Hernandez | May 30, 2016 | Personal Income
by Raul Hernandez When Seattle lawmakers committed to gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, Chase Gunther worried that his job prospects would suffer. Working as a line cook in a Seattle restaurant, Gunther was hesitant at the idea that other restaurant...
by George Goss | May 26, 2016 | Personal Income
By George Goss Cash-strapped New York laborers like Carlos Vega formed the rank and file of Fight for $15, the nationwide campaign to raise the minimum wage. But despite winning a once-inconceivable victory—convincing New York to raise its minimum wage to $15 by...
by maryhanbury | May 24, 2016 | Manufacturing
By Mary Hanbury A year ago, the central display in the Fossil store on New York’s Fifth Avenue was full of jewel-encrusted watches from Switzerland. Today, such watches have disappeared and in their place are the smooth-faced “smartwatches” that connect to a user’s...
by Barbara Marcolini | May 23, 2016 | Personal Income
by Barbara Marcolini When warm summer weather arrives, inviting New Yorkers to go out, Annamaria celebrates. The busiest season for catering means the waitress will work seven days a week and save money for the winter, when work is scarce. Since she arrived...
by joshuakeefe | May 23, 2016 | Personal Income
By Josh Keefe Rackspace Hosting, a San Antonio-based cloud computing company, is one of many companies moving the world’s data to the cloud. Its OpenStack cloud computing platform was launched in 2012. IBM, Intel and Hewlett-Packard adopted the technology for use in...