Labor
Minimum wage hike to $15 would give 41 million a raise
April 26, 2017In the eight years since the federal minimum wage was last raised, the buying power of a minimum-wage paycheck has fallen 10 percent due to inflation.
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Fake “flexibility” bill would allow employers to deprive workers of overtime pay
April 26, 2017Bosses would force workers into taking comp time at the boss’ discretion in what Economic Policy Institute Vice President and economist Ross Eisenbrey calls “an interest-free loan from workers to corporations” and “a total fraud”.
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UNITE HERE and SEIU: More than 300,000 workers may walk May 1
April 25, 2017They are taking to the streets with “hundreds of thousands of workers, immigrants and allies."
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Red Cross blood workers choose Teamsters
April 25, 2017Mobile and fixed site units now have strong representation.
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Today in eco-history: Dirty coal killed 45 Virginians
April 24, 2017In the early morning hours of April 24, 1938, 25 more bodies were carried out of the Red Jacket Mine in Keen Mountain, Virginia, then down the mountain and into an identification center that was set...
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