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School crossing guard to be honored Saturday for fighting wage, benefits cuts

...group for "sticking her neck out" to protect the guards' wages and summer unemployment benefits.Nominated for the Divas of...part-time pay for further cuts, expected to reduce their wages below a level at which they will be eligible for the benefits...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-24/school-crossing-guard-be-hono
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012

...shareholder activists and some corporate governance experts say many CEOs are being paid far above what is reasonable.The median wage in the U.S. was about $39,900 in 2012, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.After years of pressure...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-22/median-ceo-pay-rises-97-mi
The Hunt

Opens Friday, Jul 12, 2013 Synopsis: A child's lie threatens to destroy the life of a divorced daycare worker attempting to reconnect with his teenage son in this emotionally-charged drama from director Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration, Submarino). In the wake of a fractured marriage, 40-year-old Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) gets a new girlfriend and a new job in a daycare center while fighting to win custody of his teenage son. Lucas is a respected figure in his close-knit community, and the ids at the daycare center where he works all look up to him. When Lucas repeatedly finds young Klara (Annika Wedderkopp) roaming the streets alone as her parents engage in angry shouting matches, he becomes something of a protector to the frightened young girl, often walking her home once the arguments have died down. When Klara attempts to repay Lucas' kindness with a kiss on the lips, the shocked teacher quickly corrects her by telling her that that display of affection is not appropriate. Upset over being rebuffed by the man she so admires, Klara responds by telling the inexperienced manager of the daycare center that she saw Lucas engaged in inappropriate activity. Before long the rumor has caught fire, and as Christmas approaches mob mentality prevails. Everyone close to Lucas, including two best friends and his son, quickly become pariahs in the community. Meanwhile, the desperate Lucas wages a losing battle to reclaim his dignity in a town that would sooner see an innocent man crucified than admit their mistake. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrom, Susse Wold Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

School crossing guards' pay again reduced

...only was the guards' hourly wage of $19.18 per hour above...workers."We pay you a good wage; we're going to leave your...finance office, the 77 guards' wages, taxes and Medicare payments...had no idea why the guards' wages were what they are or how long...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-05-19/school-crossing-guards-p
Did our participation in World War II really end America's Great Depression?

...been living in a state of suffocating government controls for more than four years. They ranged from controls on prices and wages to the flat denial to consumers of a vast array of goods whose ingredients were required by the military.Well-known too...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-05-19/did-our-particip
Survey: Pessimism among low-wage workers despite job gains

...2009 have been lower-wage ones.Despite those numerical...Analytics. "Their real wages are going nowhere. And...Economists also say low-wage workers were hit particularly...Seventy-four percent of lower-wage workers say it is "difficult...declining (20 percent) wages over the past five years...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-20/survey-pessimism-among-low
Minimum-wage boost will harm freedom and growth

...most affected by the minimum wage. A 24-percent increase in the minimum wage, as proposed during the State...and retail stores where these wages are in use.There is no room...of an increase in the minimum wage. Their only logical moves will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-02-24/minimum-wage-boo
Mother's Day special for new Paine grad

...her up from school and she said, 'Mom, been there, done that and I don't ever want to go back,'" recalled Christine Wages, Jennifer Link's mother. "I wasn't ever sure that she would graduate from college."But the 28-year-old Paine College...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-05-12/mothers-day-special-new-
Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories

...three disasters in quick succession, the reputation of Bangladesh's $20 billion garment industry, notorious for its low wages and dismal safety record, has plummeted. International clothing brands and retailers that said they could ensure worker safety...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-03/pressure-bangladesh-retail
The 50-year itch: Stop hand-wringing about machines taking jobs

...Maybe displaced workers offer their services at more competitive wages. Maybe they relocate; acquire new, more competitive skills...making the process longer and more painful. Increases in minimum wages, in union power and in various government regulations, can...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-05-05/50-year-itch-sto