Tag: Wage Laws
-
Wage Laws Squeeze South Africa’s Poor
New York Times: Wage Laws Squeeze South Africa’s Poor NEWCASTLE, South Africa — The sheriff arrived at the factory here to shut it down, part of a national enforcement drive against clothing manufacturers who violate the minimum wage. But women working on the factory floor — the supposed beneficiaries of the crackdown — clambered atop…
-
The end of Communism? Cuba sweeps away egalitarian wages
The Independent: The end of Communism? Cuba sweeps away egalitarian wages Raul Castro's reforms continue with abolition of rule that labourers and surgeons earn the same. Cuba took another leap away from Fidel Castro's creaky egalitarian model yesterday when it swept away the wage restraints that have kept surgeons and taxi drivers on much the…