unions
Two-tier wages to be key issue at UAW talks with Detroit three
April 9, 2015"A society built on low-wage jobs does not deliver purchasing power, it only increases the number of workers in poverty."
Read moreWorkers in LA: tipping the fair wage balance
April 8, 2015"People who make less than $15 an hour know plenty about money; they know what it's like not to have enough money."
Read moreTo raise wages in Panama, dockers join a U.S. union
April 6, 2015In Panama they call longshore pay "hunger wages." Workers' families live below the government's own poverty line, and some families literally go hungry.
Read moreUSW local ratifies new pact with Honeywell, ends long lockout
April 3, 2015The plant was scheduled to reopen Apr. 1 but the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission must recertify the workers before all can return.
Read moreLabor returns to its roots: Bringing immigrants out of the shadows
April 2, 2015A "key piece of the raising wages agenda is a workable pathway to citizenship" for undocumented workers.
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