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Responding to Widespread Labor Violations: Class-Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Carwash Workers
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Samantha M.
May 28
The suit names four carwashes owned and operated by brothers Benny and Nisan Pirian: Vermont Hand Wash, Celebrity Car Wash, Hollywood Car Wash and Five Star Car Wash. Pirian-owned operations have been cited previously for violations of California’s labor law, occupational...
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LA Times Report: Car Wash Owners Breaking The Law
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Samantha M.
Mar 26
A Los Angeles Times investigation has found that hand carwashes, automotive beauty shops patronized by tens of thousands of Southern California motorists every day, often brazenly violate basic labor an...
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It's Time for a Livable Wage
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Mark J.
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on Feb 12, 2007
While everything else has gone up in price, from housing to transportation, wages have just not kept pace. It's important that a livable wage be im...
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When a successful Los Angeles college professor offered Elena a housekeeping job, she was thrilled to accept. Her happiness tur...
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This is easier than you think
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John B.
Feb 23, 2007
If people will postpone "pleasure" and stay in school, a living wage is within reach of almost everyone. Those who start popping babies and drop out of school are the majority of those who spend their live struggling to make ends meet at marginal jobs. The market mechanisms that place values on various jobs recognize, with uncanny accuracy, the effort required to obtain the skills needed to get and hold particular careers.
It's Needed Now
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Mark J.
Feb 12, 2007
Millions of people in the developed world are living day by day growing deeper in debt because their own jobs barely cover their necessities. It's getting worse every year as the gap between the rich and the poor continues to increase, and something needs to be done to ensure a livable wage for all people. It's integral to improving the lives of the very poor.
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