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“America Needs A Raise” bus rolls into Maine

March 25, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

A Center for American Progress report found that raising the minimum wage will not only benefit workers and the local economy, but also will reduce taxpayer costs.

Official February unemployment at 6.7 percent

March 10, 2014 By PAI

U.S. Unemployment rose by 0.1 percent in February, to 6.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

Union says inner-city minorities are cheated on mass transit

February 28, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The differences in commuting times for inner-city minority residents and suburban non-minorities are significant enough to affect minorities' pay and job possibilities.

Union leaders hail Obama order raising minimum wage for contract workers

February 14, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

They urged other politicians, notably lawmakers in Congress, to follow his lead and raise the national minimum wage.

Behind the headlines: Walmart and workplace safety

September 17, 2013 By Kelly Sinclair

Walmart and companies like it have few responsibilities to their employees to balance management's right to hire and fire at will, and what legal responsibilities they do bear have been eroded over the past decades.