Minimum Wage
Fast food workers forced to walk out again for $15 and a union
February 18, 2021It’s not just the pandemic that led the walkouts around the U.S.; it’s the poverty that low minimum wages plunge people into.
Read moreWorkers press Biden to fight for $15 minimum wage
February 16, 2021Democrats have long promised an increase—support for a $15 minimum wage was including in the party’s 2016 political platform—but haven’t delivered.
Read more$15 by 2025: House OK of minimum wage hike cheers women’s groups, unions
July 19, 2019Only 3 Republicans voted to raise the federal minimum wage, while 192 of them, plus ex-Republican Justin Amash of Michigan, now an independent, voted against it.
Read moreLabor Secretary Acosta says Trump administration opposes raising minimum wage
May 2, 2019Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida told Acosta, "It's difficult for me to believe you would put workers first."
Read moreWorkers, AFL-CIO, Democrats open legislative push for $15 minimum wage
February 8, 2019Workers descended on Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers to raise the wage. Democrats liked what they heard; Republicans didn’t.
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