Wages
House to pass $15 minimum wage; studies debunk GOP job loss claims
July 9, 2019Research from the Economic Policy Institute suggests that Republican claims of 3.7 million lost jobs due to a rise in the minimum wage are nonsense.
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New Poor People’s Campaign demands redirecting military dollars to domestic needs
June 17, 2019The New Poor People’s Campaign opened its mass D.C. gathering with a detailed budget and domestic policy plan.
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Congress has never let the minimum wage erode for this long
June 17, 2019A simple way to fix this problem once and for all would be to adopt automatic annual minimum wage adjustment.
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Lawmakers take another crack at solving multi-employer pension plan problems
June 12, 2019The Democratic-run House Education and Labor Committee approved HR397, to fix multi-employer pension plans’ problems.
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Dem lawmakers push extending overtime pay to more workers
June 12, 2019They take on Trump who has decreased the numbers eligible for extra pay for extra work.
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