Income
Report: Corporate Profits Soar While Wages Stagnate
The Dow Jones Industrial Average continued Monday to flirt with an all-time record high, but while corporations and CEO’s are getting richer; the same can’t be said for the workers producing the materials for those corporations.
Women Earn More Than Men In Key West
The Southernmost City is one of just four cities in the United States where the median income for women exceeds that of men.
Union Membership Declines To 11.3 Percent In 2012
Unions have been in decline in the United States for years as states, like Florida, became right-to-work states. Last year, union membership fell to its lowest level since the 1930’s with just 11.3 percent of workers in unions.
Area Workers Finally Making What They Did In 2007
South Florida workers are finally making the same amount of money as they did in 2007, a PayScale Index report indicated.
Minimum Wage Workers To Get Pay Raise Jan. 1
Several new laws take effect January 1, restricting this and cutting that, but one welcome law is an increase in Florida’s minimum wage.
Labor Data: Florida Men Paid 16% More A Week Than Women
Each week, Florida women are earning 16% less than Florida men, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Proposed ICE Detention Center In Southwest Ranches Killed By Agency
With support eroding for a new privately built and operated federal detention center in Southwest Ranches, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced late Friday that it was abandoning plans for the center, a victory for opponents and a blow to those who saw it as a source of tax revenue and jobs.
Poll: Obama Growing Lead Over Romney
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has hit 50 percent for the first time in nearly eight months in a new Washington Post poll that could spell trouble for Republicans in the 2012 elections.
Jobs Numbers Show Promise For 2012
The Great Recession may finally be starting to loosen its grip on the labor force in the United States.
Florida Poverty Outstrips U.S.
The recession of the last couple years put more Florida residents into poverty and resulted in a decrease of median family income in much of the state, the U.S. Census Department reported Tuesday.
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