New York Traffic Agents Rack Up Overtime with Increased Enforcement

As Overtime Increases for New York Traffic Agents, So Do Tickets, 8/3/09, at A16

-traffic agents in NYC writing parking summonses making record overtime

Union Faculty Accepts Furloughs at California Universities

"Union Accepts Furloughs at California Universities," NYT, 7/26/09, at 18

Minimum wage rises to $7.25 on July 24 , 2009

Minimum wage rises to $7.25 from $6.55 on July 24, 2008

NY State Cracking Down on Wage and Hour Violations in Food Service Industry

New York - State to Crack Down on Labor Violations -- VosIzNeias

-supermarkets, grocers, coffee shops, restaurants being targeted

USDOL Suspends Bush Regulations on Immigrant Agricultural Guest Workers

Rule Change for Workers on Farms, NYT, 5/29/09, at A15

Workers' Protest Briefly Brings the Jumeirah Essex House to a Halt - NYTimes.com

A Workers’ Protest Briefly Brings the Jumeirah Essex House to a Halt - NYTimes.com

-protest over failure to pay banquet room staff nearly $2 million in tips

Day Laborers Taken Advantage of in New Orleans on Wages, Pay

See Day Laborers are Easy Prey in New Orleans, NYT, 2/16/09, at A1