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McDonald’s to Raise Hourly Pay for 90,000 Workers

 McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) plans to raise pay by more than 10% and add benefits like paid vacation for workers at U.S. restaurants it operates, an effort to rejuvenate the struggling fast-food giant that offers fresh evidence of rising wage pressure in the American labor market.

Starting July 1, McDonald’s will pay at least $1 per hour more than the local legal minimum wage for employees at the…

A deal between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and labor groups on visas for low-skilled workers was supposed to clear a path for an immigration reform package in the Senate.

Instead, some business groups are grumbling about the deal and they're gearing up for a lobbying battle on Capitol Hill -where powerful interests helped doom immigration reform over the same issue before.

The construction industry, which has suffered high unemployment in the economic downturn, was specifically singled out with limits put on the number of visas that can be awarded to construction companies.

The Occupy Wall Street march was endorsed by a coalition of labor groups including the Transport Workers Union, National Nurses United, SEIU 1199, and the United Federation of Teachers. Democracy Now! broadcasts the voices of union leaders addressing the boisterous crowd at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan before the march headed to the Financial District.

Occupy Taipei protest last Saturday at Taipei 101....  The World's second tallest building: Shouting slogans and making speeches -- these protesters in Taiwan are just as angry as their counterparts in other countries.  Around 300 of them came out for the Occupy Taipei protest last Saturday at Taipei 101, the world's second tallest building. They wanted to voice their frustrations with corporate greed and the growing wealth gap.

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