activism
Today in labor history: Minimum wage rises 70 cents, fight continues
July 24, 2013Today in 2009, the U.S. minimum wage rose 70 cents from $6.55 to $7.25. Low-wage workers struggled mightily for that meager increase.
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Moral Mondays and misestimated mandates
July 24, 2013If you haven't heard about them already, "Moral Mondays" is the name given to a new protest movement in North Carolina.
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Residents say poverty wages will not resurrect Detroit
July 23, 2013Only blocks from city hall, a Friday afternoon picket line at the Crowne Plaza Hotel symbolizes the fight taking place in this city.
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St. Paul laundry workers picket for fair contract
July 23, 2013About 240 Health Systems Cooperative employees, members of Workers United Local 150, have been working without a contract since March 31. A temporary extension of the previous contract expired July 14.
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D.C. fast food workers strike, wage complaints reach White House
July 19, 2013WASHINGTON - Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has taken the plight of the nation's low-paid fast food workers - specifically those who toil in eateries in federal buildings - straight to the top of the nation's political...
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