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Just how low do we go in Georgia?

September 4, 2018 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

Just how low do we go in Georgia?

Two dollars and thirteen cents an hour: that’s the state’s minimum wage for tipped workers. Employers in most rich nations around the world would be committing a crime if they tried to pay their workers $2.13 an hour — or even Georgia’s state minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. Some Georgia businesses are exempt from… [Read More]

Filed Under: Poverty, Workers' Rights Tagged With: fight for 15, labor day, living wage, minimum wage

DeKalb bus drivers strike for better pay, get fired immediately

April 26, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

DeKalb bus drivers strike for better pay, get fired immediately

Perhaps inspired by the success of the school worker strikes in Oklahoma, West Virginia and South Carolina, 393 of Dekalb County’s 908 school bus drivers, called out sick on Thursday as a way to fight for improvements in salaries and benefits. Many continued calling out for the entire “sick out” from Thursday through Monday. Bus drivers… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Workers' Rights Tagged With: better georgia, bus driver strike, Deal, dekalb bus driver "sick out", dekalb bus drivers, dekalb bus strike, dekalb county, georgia bus drivers, georgia school workers, Governor Deal, nathan deal, school protest, school strikes, school worker strikes

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