Tagged: Employment

North Side
1:00 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

New Partnership Aims to Get More North Siders to Work

Credit Deanna Garcia / 90.5 WESA
Northside Works! combines two workforce development entities. The NSLC facility, equipped with computer stations, will go from part-time to full-time.

The North Side Leadership Conference (NSLC) and North Shore Community Alliance (NCA) are combining to improve services for North Side residents seeking employment.

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JobLinks
12:48 pm
Mon March 11, 2013

Oakland Career Center Open House

Minimum Wage, Employment
2:16 pm
Mon March 4, 2013

Low-Wage Pittsburgh Workers to Obama Administration Official: Raise the Minimum Wage

Credit Deanna Garcia/90.5 WESA News
Acting Deputy Administrator for the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division Mary Beth Maxwell (center), hearing the stories of Nikki Edmonds (left) and Sandra Burden (right) during a roundtable discussion. The women work for minimum wage and told her raising the wage from $7.25 to $9.00 would be very helpful.

Hannah Williams works for a temp agency where she makes minimum wage: $7.25 per hour. The single mother also goes to school. She said her job doesn’t provide the living she and needs.

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