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Pope Leo's 1st formal interview: Wage inequality, Elon Musk, peace and polarization – National Catholic Reporter

Pope Leo’s 1st formal interview: Wage inequality, Elon Musk, peace and polarization  National Catholic Reporter Pope Leo takes swipe at Elon Musk’s wealth: ‘We’re in big trouble’  The Times The Pope: Let us overcome hatred and violence  Vatican News In interview with Crux correspondent, Pope talks Ukraine, synodality, polarization, World Cup  Crux | Taking the Catholic Pulse Pope Leo criticises high, Musk-style corporate pay …

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Air Canada flight attendants reject wage agreement – Reuters

Air Canada flight attendants reject wage agreement  Reuters Air Canada Flight Attendants Overwhelmingly Reject Proposed Contract  The New York Times Flight attendants overwhelmingly vote against Air Canada wage offer  CBC US flight attendants push to be paid when planes aren’t in the air: ‘Most of our passengers have no idea’  The Guardian Air Canada flight attendants to wrap up vote on new contract Saturday  Global …

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McDonald’s criticizes US restaurant industry for uneven wage policies

McDonald’s criticizes US restaurant industry for uneven wage policies

McDonald’s is criticizing the restaurant industry for allowing tipped wages, which let managers pay servers less than the minimum wage as long as customer tips make up the difference. McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said in an interview on CNBC Tuesday that he supports President Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate federal taxes on tips. But since McDonald’s workers don’t …

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Xbox Game Pass May Make Devs ‘Wage Slaves’, Says Ex-PlayStation Exec

Xbox Game Pass May Make Devs ‘Wage Slaves’, Says Ex-PlayStation Exec

Image: Push Square A sprawling – and quite insightful – article about the current state of the games industry has been published by GamesIndustry.biz, featuring interviews with the likes of Circana’s Mat Piscatella. But it’s former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden’s thoughts that are going viral, as he’s chimed in with his opinion about Xbox Game Pass. As part of a …

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L.A. passed a $30 hotel minimum wage. Then came the ballot measure fight

L.A. passed a  hotel minimum wage. Then came the ballot measure fight

It’s the summer of the burn-it-down ballot measure in Los Angeles. For the past three months, labor unions and business groups have been locked in a protracted fight over a law, approved by the City Council in May, hiking the minimum wage for hotel employees and workers at Los Angeles International Airport to $30 per hour by 2028. Both sides, …

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New study reveals crippling impact of California’s minimum wage hike

New study reveals crippling impact of California’s minimum wage hike

California‘s dramatic fast food wage hike may have backfired, according to a new economic study – wiping out an estimated 18,000 jobs across the state in just one year. The research, published this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), analyzed the impact of Assembly Bill 1228, which mandated a $20 hourly minimum wage for fast food workers …

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