Wages
As AFL-CIO convention opens, Trumka emphasizes need to battle income inequality
October 22, 2017Income inequality and the wage gap are more than simply unfair, according to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
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Texas federal judge permanently kills Obama overtime pay expansion
September 5, 2017Had the overtime rule stayed in effect, federal overtime pay law would have covered up to 12.5 million workers.
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St. Louis fast food workers push for vote to raise minimum wage
August 31, 2017"Crime that exists in our community today is in direct correlation to what's happening with low wages. Because people can't make it on $7.70 an hour."
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Sanders, unions, and allies kick off Midwest “pickup truck tour” vs. Trump
August 23, 2017Unionists and their allies kicked off a two-week “pickup truck tour" to tell people how GOP President Donald Trump isn’t saving jobs.
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TEMs y paramédicos en Nueva Inglaterra logran un aumento salarial muy merecido
August 11, 2017Después de un año de duras negociaciones con la empresa privada, los miembros ratificaron un acuerdo que comenzará a equiparar sus salarios con los de otros proveedores de servicios médicos de emergencia en la región.
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