Wages

According to general manager Ana Ortiz, the robot server is a "lifesaver" for stressed-out staff.

Staff at Aviary Cafe in Springfield, Missouri, were demanding a pay raise to $20 an hour and health benefits after allegedly working 14-hour days during the pandemic.

The flyer, which detailed the hourly wage of the restaurant's staff and asked diners to "take care" of them, led to a customer arguing with the business, and a subsequent Reddit-wide debate.

Devaluing a worker's skills and contributions makes it easier to justify inadequate pay in our meritocracy-worshipping culture.

"We could be looking at Soviet grocery shelves soon," Tucker Carlson said while speaking about the state of the U.S. economy with President Joe Biden in the White House on his Fox News opinion show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol received a $23.2 million bonus in the pandemic year, while the company's workers saw a decrease in pay due to government-mandated restaurant closures.

Some companies have pledged to increase their minimum wage regardless of whether or not the Raise the Wage Act 2021 passes.

The company, which owns Ralph's, Food 4 Less and Smith's Food, also promised a $100 store credit and 1,000 fuel points to frontline grocery, supply chain, call center, manufacturing and pharmacy hourly workers.

The Raise the Wage Act claims that a $15 minimum wage would give nearly 32 million American workers a raise.

Local media reports said the 48-year-old employed by Alibaba-owned delivery service Ele.me was now in critical condition after suffering burns on 80 percent of his body.

Simply "buying American" is not enough.

As Woolworths sees a rise in their first-quarter sales, a report revealed their salaried employees were underpaid by up to $300 million.

Abigail Disney, heiress to The Walt Disney Company, railed against CEOs collecting too much pay and is demanding Americans start taxing the wealthy.

Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, has been around for decades—but it can be the basis of a revolutionary change across America.

The average federal worker has missed over $5,000 in wages during the shutdown, the Times analysis showed.

"In many areas, women suddenly made more than men. Now, before you applaud that as a victory for feminism, consider some of the effects," Carlson began. 

"Especially on a day like Black Friday, employees should be the central focus," a union representative said.

About 7 percent of the U.S. population are veterans.

Look at the living standards of most Americans, and you get a very different picture.

What if it turns out that those who aren't in the top 1 percent or the top 10 percent have benefitted remarkably from globalization and liberalization of regulation?

People with graduate degrees earn, on average, $18,000 more than people with only a Bachelor's degree.

Nationwide prison protests have called attention to work conditions that advocates are likening to slavery. Inmates cook, clean and perform other necessary operations for little, if any, compensation.

Lots of supposedly smart people laughed when Trump suggested the days of 3 or even 4 percent annualized growth might be just around the corner.

"Claire is one of my best friends, and I believe that we should be paid equally and fairly and there should be equality for all," Matt Smith said.

The impressive economy, which had so far boosted President Donald Trump, may not last.

Hundreds of Canadian doctors have signed a petition protesting their own pay raises, instead asking that the salary increase be reallocated to help nurses and patients in need.

Hey teenage nerds, doing homework really does pay off.

The state currently ranks in the bottom 10 for public school teacher pay.

Only 19 percent of U.S. workers said they are comfortable with their current pay rate.

Sam's Club said it would close 63 stores.