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In this episode of Moyers & Company, Bill interviews Saru Jayaraman, from the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, whose 13,000 members across the country are fighting for better wages and working conditions. She explains how the industry has convinced America that they shouldn't have to pay their workers - and why she remains hopeful that democracy will prevail. Saru Jayaraman is the author of Behind the Kitchen Door. Broadcast date: April 4,...

Across the United States tens of millions of people are working 40 or more hours a week ... and living in poverty. This is surprising in a country where politicians promise that anyone who does their share, and works hard, will get ahead. In Ending Poverty as We Know It, Quigley argures that it is time to make good on that promise by adding to the Constitution language that insures those who want to work can do so at a wage that affords them reasonable...

Debunking traditional assumptions, and presenting 25 key workplace choices, including the decision to take more hazardous jobs, enter technical fields, work longer hours, etc., Farrell forces readers to rethink their strategies, and shows how they can take control of their wage-earning potential.

The late nineteenth century was a propitious time for British composers. But while the demand from music publishers for their works grew substantially, the copyright and royalty terms were such that even successful composers could not achieve the levels of earnings enjoyed by other creative artists such as authors, painters and dramatists. However, in the early twentieth century, new sources of earnings emerged, notably performing fees, broadcasting...