Wages
Milwaukee low wage workers walk off the job
May 17, 2013Taking their cue from workers in St. Louis, Chicago, New York and Detroit, fast food workers took to the streets of Milwaukee on Wednesday in a one-day work stoppage to demand a $15.00 an hour wage.
Read moreOn minimum wage, it’s peanut butter OR jelly
May 16, 2013Minnesota is one of several states that aren't waiting for the dysfunctional U.S. Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, now $7.25 hourly.
Read moreFast food wages equal “junk food money”
May 13, 2013"Seven dollars and forty cents is junk food money - you have to fight for what is right."
Read moreOhio Republicans back off on “right-to-work” after big protests
May 10, 2013On May 1 (May Day), right-wing Republicans introduced in the state legislature three versions of anti-labor "right-to work" legislation.
Read moreToday in labor history: 400 Black women strike over wages, conditions
May 6, 2013Writing in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois described the upsurge among Black women and men tobacco workers as part of the great industrial union organizing drives.
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