by Myriam Vidal Valero | Jun 13, 2022 |
A worker named Lydia showed her hands weathered by 22 years of cleaning rooms at a Hyatt hotel in San Francisco, where she put in many overtime hours. All photos by David Bacon After decades of decline in overtime pay, the Biden administration is considering action to...
by Myriam Vidal Valero | Jun 13, 2022 |
Here is why a full-time employee is four times less likely to earn time-and-a-half income than in the 1970s. Amid surging inflation, tens of millions of American workers face fast-declining buying power today, but full-time employees in many professions have been...
by Myriam Vidal Valero | Jun 10, 2022 |
In the break room of the sorting and recycling facility of Alameda County Industries in San Leandro, California in 2015, exhausted workers pause as the next shift clocks in. All photos by David Bacon After decades of decline in overtime pay, the Biden administration...
by Myriam Vidal Valero | Jun 10, 2022 |
A protest in San Francisco against then-Gov. Pete Wilson’s successful efforts to diminish the amount of overtime that employers paid out. Photo: David Bacon. After decades of decline in overtime pay, the Biden administration is considering action to sharply...
