Labor
Trumka singles out fight against racism as key to raising wages
February 23, 2015"Racism and dog whistle politics is being used to keep us all divided, and that division holds back our ability to win wage increases and improve our standard of living."
Read moreObama uses Pullman monument dedication to push workers’ rights
February 23, 2015"Dignity and opportunity aren't just gifts to be handed down by a generous government or by a generous employer. They are rights."
Read moreWalmart’s raise for workers “proof collective action works”
February 20, 2015Walmart announced today it was giving its lowest-wage workers a raise to at least $9 an hour by April and $10 an hour by 2016.
Read moreUpdate: El Super boycott
February 20, 2015El Super market workers, along with 100 community organizations, endorse the call to boycott El Super.
Read moreGOP House panel OK’s partisan rewrite of education law
February 20, 2015"In reality, it would rob poor and struggling students of the resources, supports, and funding they need to succeed."
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