Wages
Demonstrations mark third year of no minimum wage hike
July 24, 2012Workers are rallying, picketing and marching all over the country today, the day that marks three years since there has been no increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Read moreMill owner cheats on jobs, wages in biomass project
July 20, 2012Building trades workers were hoping for desperately needed union-wage jobs when Nippon Corporation announced plans to build a $71 million biomass cogeneration plant.
Read moreToday in labor history: Steel Workers founded in Pittsburgh
July 17, 2012Within a year of its inception, over 125,000 people had joined the union.
Read moreGoing to church to fight wage theft
July 16, 2012Kordsmeier visited different congregations as part of an effort to build a coalition of "unions, churches, and community groups" to stand against wage theft.
Read moreWorkers bashed in Pennsylvania
July 16, 2012In one of the most extreme cases of worker bashing to balance a budget, the mayor unilaterally cut the wages of city workers to the $7.25 hourly federal minimum.
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